Adjective : an arbitrary decision. ,an arbitrary government. ,an arbitrary demand for payment. ,an arbitrary constant. From Dictionary.com.
There was a nonarbitrary cultural process that came up with Mrs. Dalloway. From Wordnik.com. [A Response to a Response] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Binary Oppositions: Good or Bad?] Reference
(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 exercise its right to secede?). From Wordnik.com. [Secession] Reference
His challenge to Doerflinger was to defend, in a nonarbitrary way and without reference to religious principles, the notion that society should recognize moral value and legal rights at any particular point along that line. From Wordnik.com. [The Democrats and the Abortion Wars] Reference
There is another nonarbitrary move from inside to outside. From Wordnik.com. [dangerous idea] Reference
They were still, however, subject to nonarbitrary lending qualifications. From Wordnik.com. [Halfway There] Reference
There is no nonarbitrary way to bar religious conscience alone from politics. From Wordnik.com. [Balderdash] Reference
Procedures for selecting who to stop must be "reasonably predictable and nonarbitrary.". From Wordnik.com. [Grits for Breakfast] Reference
One of the difficulties pro-life advocates have with the pro-choice position is the idea that once the right to life is denied inside the womb, there is no nonarbitrary reason for not denying it outside of the womb. From Wordnik.com. [dangerous idea] Reference
The only nonarbitrary way to choose more than a few examples, and the best way to choose those examples probably, is to consult many texts that discuss pseudoscience, and see what the main examples used by them are. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Under strict scrutiny, it’s not enough that VA’s law be nonarbitrary. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Minor but Annoying Example of Unconstitutional Religious Discrimination in Virginia Marriage Law:] Reference
Cobain insisted In Utero would sell “a quarter as much” as 1991’s Nevermind, a nonarbitrary estimate that could be taken to mean Cobain figured 75 percent of his audience did not care about incendiary sonic experiences. From Wordnik.com. [Eating the Dinosaur] Reference
But then we have to say how overwhelming the majority must be, and it doesn't seem that we can give a nonarbitrary number (69%?. From Wordnik.com. [Siris] Reference
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