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(usually of a decision) 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.

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arbitrary

/ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/

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(usually of a decision) 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.

The decision was made based on arbitrary criteria.

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Benjamin Franklin's designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary.

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Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.

The Russian trials were Stalin's purges, with which he attempted to consolidate his power. Like most people in the West, I believed these show trials to be the arbitrary acts of a cruel dictator.

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