"impulsivity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impulsivities [plural]
Etymology: impulsive + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|impulsive|ity}} impulsive + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} impulsivity (usually uncountable, plural impulsivities)
  1. The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: impulsiveness Related terms: impulse, impulsive, impulsively, impulsiveness Translations (impulsivity): impulsivitat [feminine] (Catalan), 衝動 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲动 (chōngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), impulsivitet [common-gender] (Danish), impulseco (Esperanto), impulsiivisuus (Finnish), impulsivité [feminine] (French), impulsividade [feminine] (Galician), Impulsivität [feminine] (German), impulsives Wesen [neuter] (German), impulseso (Ido), impulsivitas (Indonesian), ríogacht [feminine] (Irish), impulsività [feminine] (Italian), impulsivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), impulsivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), impulsividade [feminine] (Portuguese), impulsivitate [feminine] (Romanian), impulsividad [feminine] (Spanish), impulsivitet [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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