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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spontaneity  \Spon`ta*ne"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Spontaneities}.  [Cf.  F. 
  spontan['e]it['e].] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  spontaneous,  or  acting  from 
  native  feeling,  proneness,  or  temperament,  without 
  constraint  or  external  force. 
 
  Romney  Leigh,  who  lives  by  diagrams,  And  crosses  not 
  the  spontaneities  Of  all  his  individual,  personal 
  life  With  formal  universals.  --Mrs. 
  Browning. 
 
  2.  (Biol.) 
  a  The  tendency  to  undergo  change,  characteristic  of  both 
  animal  and  vegetable  organisms,  and  not  restrained  or 
  cheked  by  the  environment. 
  b  The  tendency  to  activity  of  muscular  tissue,  including 
  the  voluntary  muscles,  when  in  a  state  of  healthful 
  vigor  and  refreshment. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spontaneity 
  n  :  the  quality  of  being  spontaneous  and  coming  from  natural 
  feelings  without  constraint;  "the  spontaneity  of  his 
  laughter"  [syn:  {spontaneousness}] 




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