impetuosity
pronunciation
How to pronounce impetuosity in British English:
UK [ɪmˌpetʃʊ'ɒsətɪ]
How to pronounce impetuosity in American English:
US [ɪmˌpɛtʃuˈɑsɪti]
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- Noun:
- rash impulsiveness
Word Origin
- impetuosity (n.)
- early 15c., "violent movement, rushing," from Old French impetuosité (13c.), from Medieval Latin impetuositatem (nominative impetuositas), from Late Latin impetuosus (see impetuous).
Example
- 1. Impetuosity can be a dangerous thing in diplomacy .
- 2. We are opposed to tailism , but we are also opposed to adventurism and impetuosity .
- 3. Freud identified the key features of a crowd meantality : invincibility , irresponsibility , impetuosity , contagion , changeability , suggestibility , collective hallucination and intellectual inferiority .
- 4. During these ten months of war all kinds of views which are indicative of impetuosity have also appeared .
- 5. Comrades who suffer from revolutionary impetuosity overestimate the subjective forces of the revolution and underestimate the forces of the counter-revolution .