inconstancy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
  2. noun the quality of being changeable and variable

Etymology

From in- + constancy or inconstant + -cy.

In classic literature

Synonyms

faithlessness, falseness, fickleness

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