The most recurrent use of the word is to express that idea, action, or intention that a person forms in his mind, or carries out, without there being an apparent prior reason that drives him towards that thought or action. “I must admit that coming on vacation to this island was a whim and not a thoughtful decision.”
Idea, action, that someone forms in the head without there being a logical reason to present it
In other words, this thought or action appears arbitrarily and is outside of everything associated with reason.
According to what psychology maintains, caprice consists of an act of the will that is not perfect and therefore results from the presence of a disturbance, which may have to do with a weak character and a weak will, among others.
It is usually present in pregnant women
It should be noted that the presence of caprices turns out to be something common among pregnant women, while in this state they are popularly called like cravings.
Generally, these types of whims are linked to the sudden and uncontrollable need to want to eat certain foods and foods.
Ephemeral desire for something that triggers angry behavior if not achieved
Also, in everyday language, we designate as whim the rather ephemeral desire for something and the object implied by that desire. “Joaquín cries only on a whim, because his mother did not buy him the toy he saw in the toy store.”
The person who acts in the aforementioned senses is popularly called capricious.
Children present it frequently
The caprice is mainly associated with children since it is a quite frequent tendency to appreciate at this age, although it is not exclusive to this age group, far from it.
The most common manifestation is to see the child very angry, shouting, crying, wanting to impose their will in the face of the refusal they receive from another to something, for example, when the father does not want to buy them a toy or a candy, or because they don’t want to go to a certain place, so they throw a tantrum.
An frowned upon behavior that education and therapy can curb
If these attacks are not properly reprimanded by the parents or adults in the environment, stopping them through dialogue and explanation, or with some specific reprimand, it is most likely that this child will be capricious throughout his life.
The whim is a behavior that is not well seen and in case it is valued negatively, as a defect of the person, which should be corrected because it can cause great problems in their social development.
The whim can be a permanent tendency in someone, that is to say, since he was a child he presents it and accompanies him for the rest of his life, or it can be a transitory issue that is associated with some specific event, such is the case of pregnancy that We mentioned that as a consequence of the hormonal revolution that women experience in this state, it can be triggered, and after giving birth, it can be overcome.
The main way to combat capriciousness is to assume the problem, that is, to recognize oneself capricious and in this way try to move towards overcoming that defect.
Of course, if the whim is very internalized in the person, because it accompanies him as a child, and on top of that, his environment manages him, not questioning him, but quite the contrary, he accedes to his whims all the time, the path to freedom will certainly be difficult, but it’s not impossible…
The important thing, as we pointed out, is to recognize that you have the problem, and try to seek help from a professional, through psychotherapy for example, with which you can address the issue, find causes, triggers, and once identified, be able to find the solution.
Work of art characterized by its originality
On the other hand, a whim is a artistic work that departs from the classical pattern through the use of ingenuity, elegance, and wit.
In the field of musicLikewise, we find a reference for the word since it in this context designates that piece composed in a free and imaginative way and that presents a super animated character.
The form of this type of piece is mostly instrumental.
Architecture: romantic construction, with an artistic purpose, which stands in a garden
In architecturethis word is also present, where it is used to name those small buildings with a romantic character that are erected in the garden.
They have received this denomination since they are rather extravagant constructions, which do not respond to a functional objective but an artistic one.
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