English-Swedish translations for arbitrary

• godtycklig
  Denna Internal Security Act är en godtycklig lag.This Internal Security Act is an arbitrary law.
  Detta är en godtycklig, brutal och paranoid regim.This is an arbitrary, brutal and paranoid regime.
  För det första är siffran godtycklig.My first argument is that it is an arbitrary figure.
• arbiträr

Definition of arbitrary

• Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random
• Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed
• Any, out of all that are possible
• Determined by independent arbiter
• Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee

Examples

• Benjamin Franklins designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary
• The decision to use 18 years as the legal age of adulthood was arbitrary, as both age 17 and 19 were reasonable alternatives
• The equation is true for an arbitrary value of x

Related words

• arbitrarily
• arbitrariness
• arbitraryness
• arbitrary unit