mutability

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US /ˌmjutəˈbɪlɪti/ UK /ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/
noun Freq #187081

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The quality or state of being mutable.

    He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses […]

  2. 2
    noun

    the quality of being capable of mutation

Etymology

From Middle English mutabilite, from Old French mutabilite, from Latin mutabilitas; equivalent to mutable + -ity.

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Synonyms
2 noun · the quality of being... mutableness

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