vicissitudes, fickleness, whims, capriciousness, exigencies, unpredictability, complexities, peculiarities, realities, fluctuations, caprice, quirks, intricacies, idiosyncracies, rigors, machinations, imponderables, idiosyncrasies, travails, constraints, perils, byzantine, hurly burly, inclemency, nature, arduousness, fragility, conundrums, nuances, pressures, imperatives, follies, foibles, volatility, absurdities, dictates, pitfalls, geopolitics, changeability, imprecision, precariousness, unreliability, minutiae, pathetic fallacy, perversity, technicalities, upheavals, arcana, intrigues, subtleties, ennui, ravages, perishability, frailties, compulsions, boneheadedness, fallibility, gyrations, whimsies, geography, mundanity, inertia, oddities, tribulations, infirmities, uncertainty, inanities, dialectics, adversities, windiness, convolutions, difficulties, crises, petrification, considerations, mutability, unfamiliarity, kerfuffles, inadequacy, calamities, tumult, myriad, downturns, impenetrability, incertitude, nebulousness, misfortunes, turmoil, temptations, distortions, staleness, quandaries, turbulence, dynamics, daftness, wiles, artificiality, snafus, rudiments, fleetingness, blandishments, cruelties, caprices, vagary, extravagances, eccentricities, freaks, whim, perplexities, whimsy, excesses, misdeeds, perversions

notional