Meaning | happening / happening or arising without apparent external cause. |
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Examples | - "spontaneous laughter"
- "spontaneous combustion"
- "a spontaneous abortion"
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Synonym | self-generated |
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Narrower | impulsive, unprompted | proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus |
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intuitive | Spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency |
natural, instinctive | unthinking |
Opposite | induced | Brought about or caused |
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Spanish | espontáneo |
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Catalan | espontani |
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Nouns | spontaneity | the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint |
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Adverbs | spontaneously | in a spontaneous manner |
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