Dictionary Definition
impulsiveness n : the trait of acting suddenly on
impulse without reflection
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
impulsiveness- The quality of being impulsive.
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Impulsiveness is a term describing a type of
human
behaviour characterised by the inclination of an individual to
act on impulse
rather than thought.
References
impulsiveness in French: Impulsivité
impulsiveness in Serbian:
Импулсивност
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abruptness, alacrity, capriciousness, desultoriness, deviability, eccentricity, erraticism, expeditiousness,
feverishness,
fickleness, flightiness, forwardness, freakishness, furiousness, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, impatience, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, mercuriality, moodiness, overhastiness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness,
precipitation,
precipitousness,
precociousness,
precocity, prematureness, prematurity, promptness, quickness, rashness, recklessness, restlessness, rush, shiftiness, speed, suddenness, swiftness, uncertainty, undependability,
unfixedness,
uninhibitedness,
unpredictability,
unreliability,
unrestraint,
unsettledness,
unstableness,
unsteadfastness,
unsteadiness,
untimeliness,
variability,
variation, variety, wantonness, waywardness, whimsicality