Inconstancy
[ɪn'kɑnstnsi]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Changeableness, fickleness, vacillation, wavering, unsteadiness.[2]. Unstableness, instability, mutability, variableness.
Edited by Abraham
Examples
- By this indulgence of the fancy in its inconstancy, the tie of child and parent still preserves its full force and influence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The fourth limitation is derived from the inconstancy of the cause of these passions, and from the short duration of its connexion with ourselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He was entangled by his own vanity, with as little excuse of love as possible, and without the smallest inconstancy of mind towards her cousin. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- There was the pupil's youth, the pupil's manhood;--his avarice, his ingratitude, his implacability, his inconstancy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Thirdly, the wages of labour in different occupations vary with the constancy or inconstancy of employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Indeed, even his inconstancy to Lady W---- often disgusted me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is sufficient if the idea strikes on us with such force, and concerns us so nearly, as to give us an uneasiness in its instability and inconstancy. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The constancy or inconstancy of employment cannot affect the ordinary profits of stock in any particular trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She had become grave, and often conversed of the inconstancy of fortune, and the instability of human life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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