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adj. - Not subject to individual determination.

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Usage examples (14)
  • Adjective : an arbitrary decision. ,an arbitrary government. ,an arbitrary demand for payment. ,an arbitrary constant
  • There was a nonarbitrary cultural process that came up with Mrs. Dalloway.
  • But I don't think that there need be an intrinsic link of signifier to signified for a language to be used in nonarbitrary ways.
  • (Is there some nonarbitrary way of specifying what sort of majority is required in favor of secession before it can be said that the group in question has chosen to...
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