spontaneity
the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
spontaneous activity.
spontaneities, spontaneous impulses, movements, or actions.
Origin of spontaneity
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Not to mention that Slack is releasing a series of communication tools around spontaneity and live communication.
Nooks set to seed its own in the world of virtual HQs | Natasha Mascarenhas | July 14, 2021 | TechCrunchThe abstract pictures in her Morton Fine Art show, “The Webs Installed by Our Dreams,” offer vigorous spontaneity and robust compositions, the latter often inspired by Rorschach test inkblots administered to her when she was a child.
In the galleries: Works of art emerge via waking up with a word in mind | Mark Jenkins | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostWhen we can hop on a plane, or just walk down the street and see what happens, the bliss of spontaneity minimizes the sting of forgetfulness.
Today, if you admire mid-century abstraction, you can’t help but love the individuality, spontaneity and sheer vivacity or her work.
Helen Frankenthaler came from wealth and privilege. Her art transcends that. | Philip Kennicott | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostSuch improvisation is impossible when carving wood, and yet these prints reproduce his trademark spontaneity.
In the galleries: Tracing a generational progression in abstract art | Mark Jenkins | March 5, 2021 | Washington Post
One gets the feeling that Mitchum misses not only the spontaneity but the fun his generation had.
The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum | Robert Ward | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was an endearingness to the spontaneity of it all, but also a palpable stress accompanying the frenzy.
The YouTube Music Awards Were Alarmingly Strange and Epically Cool | Kevin Fallon | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTComputers and ASDs think alike: both substitute memory and logic for social spontaneity.
Autism and Child Pornography: A Toxic Combination | Eustacia Cutler | August 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhich is where the performance of Vera Farmiga comes in, with its impressively sly approximation of neurotic spontaneity.
‘Bates Motel’: Ken Tucker Praises Vera Farmiga’s Knife-Sharp Performance | Ken Tucker | May 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIbrahim vaulted to the forefront of a movement generated in large part by social media, which thrives on emotion and spontaneity.
A Human Rights Icon’s Ugly Side: Samira Ibrahim’s Hateful Tweets | Eleanor Clift | March 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI shall never forget it—nor the dear childish awkward spontaneity of its expression.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonNot until pupils rise to the spontaneity which betokens a genuine love for the work in hand do they secure the richest results.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterHe would have suffered in spontaneity, vivacity, originality, and quietly taken his anchorage in the sleepy haven of mediocrity.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherGood he is, of course, but there's no spontaneity about him.
In this operation, in case the subordination is really absolute, no sort of spontaneity is present on the part of the subordinate.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park
British Dictionary definitions for spontaneity
/ (ˌspɒntəˈniːɪtɪ, -ˈneɪ-) /
the state or quality of being spontaneous
(often plural) the exhibiting of actions, impulses, or behaviour that are stimulated by internal processes
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