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Recent Examples of impulsivity
Robust evidence shows that treatment for ADHD reduces impulsivity and improves sustained attention and daily functioning at all ages.
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Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
The distinction that Posen drew about the present operations is the administration’s casual consideration and impulsivity around making war.
—Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
That’s not so much honesty as impulsivity, no?
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Additionally, teen brains are still developing, particularly in the areas related to impulsivity and decision-making, says Erin Palmwood, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist, neuroscience researcher, and college professor with Soleil Psychology.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
Amy Errmann, a senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, has found mindfulness reduces impulsivity and slows down our perception of time.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Our patience is going to be tested because Mars has no chill and tends to thrust us toward impulsivity.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 1 Jan. 2026
On the dark side, however, this could result in impulsivity, impatience and reckless behavior.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The 2015 study highlights that this kind of interpersonal volatility arises from broader patterns of personality traits, such as impulsivity or difficulty managing social interactions.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
The distinction that Posen drew about the present operations is the administration’s casual consideration and impulsivity around making war.
—Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
That’s not so much honesty as impulsivity, no?
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Additionally, teen brains are still developing, particularly in the areas related to impulsivity and decision-making, says Erin Palmwood, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist, neuroscience researcher, and college professor with Soleil Psychology.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
Amy Errmann, a senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, has found mindfulness reduces impulsivity and slows down our perception of time.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Our patience is going to be tested because Mars has no chill and tends to thrust us toward impulsivity.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 1 Jan. 2026
On the dark side, however, this could result in impulsivity, impatience and reckless behavior.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The 2015 study highlights that this kind of interpersonal volatility arises from broader patterns of personality traits, such as impulsivity or difficulty managing social interactions.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impulsivity
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Montse is intuition, strength, impulsiveness and heart.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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Paranoia’s impulsiveness, fixation, and self consciousness are mirrored in romance as a desire to be perceived in a particular way by a specific audience, a curiosity to uncover something deeper and more vital, and the desire to disappear into a world safe from outside perceptions.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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However, without phronesis, too much courage may become recklessness, or too little courage could result in cowardice.—
Tim Hulsey,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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Just last month, a 16-year-old was charged as an adult with dangerous possession of a firearm and criminal recklessness after being accused of shooting a firearm out of a vehicle at police while being pursued.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
10 Mar. 2026
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Also, of course, there was always the danger of damage in transit, of human carelessness.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Someone gets hurt, the cause points toward another person’s carelessness, and suddenly, the situation becomes legal instead of just painful.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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And right now, Taylor cannot stop herself from initiating phone sex with Dakota even while sobbing over his indiscretions at Vanderpump Villa.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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These reported indiscretions — on which Wasserman did not comment — caused a stir at the time but seemed to fade as weeks went by.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Wars deserve more than improvisation and insouciance.—
Kenneth Zagacki,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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Bruni and fellow icons like Jane Birkin and Françoise Hardy boast the sort of in-her-face fringe that oozes insouciance, a hallmark of the French aesthetic.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
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Incumbent Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo, elected in 2014 and reelected in 2020, decided against seeking a third term, having steered the French capital through the trauma of extremist attacks in 2015 and the exuberance of the Paris Olympics in 2024.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Alcaraz showed up in South Florida a relatively unknown Spanish teenager with blistering groundstrokes, youthful exuberance, and a daring drop shot.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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During that period, Hezbollah engaged in insurgency warfare, fueled by religious zeal and supported by Iran.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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From anti-development zeal to Pearlman’s sudden success to Republicans shellshocked over the first Democratic mayor in decades, Thomson has lots of unifying to do.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Impulsivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impulsivity. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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