different between rationality vs spontaneous
rationality
English
Etymology
rational +? -ity, from French rationalité, from Late Latin rationalitas (“rationality, reasonableness”), from Latin rationalis (“reasonable”)
Noun
rationality (usually uncountable, plural rationalities)
- The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
- His sudden loss of rationality was brought on by excess drink.
- Objective consideration.
- Such a discussion deserves rationality, not emotional gut reactions.
Synonyms
- rationalness
Derived terms
- instrumental rationality
Translations
Further reading
- rationality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rationality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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spontaneous
English
Etymology
Late Latin spont?neus, from Latin sponte (su?) (“of one's free will, voluntarily”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sp?n?te?.ni.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /sp?n?te?.ni.?s/
- Rhymes: -e?ni?s
Adjective
spontaneous (comparative more spontaneous, superlative most spontaneous)
- Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
- He made a spontaneous offer of help.
- Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
- Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint
- Arising from a momentary impulse
- Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
- Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 106:
- [H]e persisted in his design; and, because he would not make his wants known, actually subsisted for several days on hips, haws and sloes, and other spontaneous fruits which he gathered in the woods and fields.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 106:
- Random.
- Sudden, without warning.
Synonyms
- (self-generated): autonomous
- (done by one's own free choice): autonomous
- (proceeding from natural feeling...): autonomous
- (sudden, without warning): abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden
Derived terms
- spontaneity
- spontaneously
Related terms
- spontaneous combustion
Translations
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