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Definition of Inconstancy
1. Noun. Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous.
Generic synonyms: Infidelity, Unfaithfulness
Derivative terms: Faithless, False, Fickle, Fickle, Inconstant
2. Noun. The quality of being changeable and variable.
Generic synonyms: Changeability, Changeableness
Specialized synonyms: Capriciousness, Unpredictability
Derivative terms: Changeful, Inconstant
Antonyms: Constancy
Definition of Inconstancy
1. n. The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.
Definition of Inconstancy
1. Noun. Lack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inconstancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inconstancy
Literary usage of Inconstancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"inconstancy or coldness will My foolish heart reclaim: Then I come off with honour
still, ... inconstancy EXCUSED. nxo, I MUST confess, I am untrue To ..."
2. The Economy of Human Life by Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, John Hill (1883)
"inconstancy. NATURE urgeth thee to inconstancy, O man ! therefore guard thyself
at all times against it. Thou art from the womb of thy mother various and ..."
3. A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties & His Education by Helvétius (1810)
"OF THE inconstancy WHICH IT SUPPOSES IN THE HUMAN MIND : AN inconstancy INCOMPATIBLE
WITH THE DURATION OF GOOD LAWS. OF THE IMAGINARY DANGER TO WHICH (IF WE ..."
4. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"For oh, &c. inconstancy IN LOVE Tune— " Duncan Gray." LET not Woman e'er complain
Of inconstancy in love; Let not Woman e'er complain ..."
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