impulsivity
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In reliable environments, waiting to eat a second marshmallow is likely to be beneficial. However, in environments in which rewards are uncertain, such as when experimenters are unreliable, eating the single marshmallow right away may be beneficial. Thus, impulsivity can be understood as an adaptive response to the contingencies present in an unstable environment rather than a moral failure in which animalistic drives overwhelm human rationality."
Etymology
Etymology tree English impulsive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English impulsivity From impulsive + -ity.