immutability

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noun

The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.

Similar
immutablenessfixity
Opposite
mutability
OriginMiddle French immutabilité ← Latin immūtābilitās →
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Meanings

nounimmutability (usually uncountable, plural immutabilities)

plural immutabilities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.

    But, one might ask, how can the temporal event of God in our midst be the same as God's event to himself in his eternity if so absolute a distinction is drawn between the enarrable contents of history and the "eternal dynamism" of God's immutability, apatheia, and perfect fullness?

    2004, David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth, page 159
  2. uncountableusuallycomputingThe state of being unchangeable in the memory after creation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being incapable of mutation

Similar
immutablenessfixity
Opposite
mutability
Broader
changelessnessunchangeabilityunchangeableness
Also see
constnessfixityimmutablenessinvariableness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinimmūtābilitās
  2. Middle Frenchimmutabilité
  3. Englishimmutability

Borrowed from Middle French immutabilité, itself borrowed from Latin immūtābilitās. By surface analysis, immutable + -ity.

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Translations

Bulgarian неизменност
  • неизменност (neizmennost)The state or quality of being immutable
Catalan immutabilitat
  • immutabilitatThe state or quality of being immutable
Dutch onveranderlijkheid
  • onveranderlijkheidThe state or quality of being immutable
Finnish muuttumattomuus
  • muuttumattomuusThe state or quality of being immutable
French immuabilité
  • immuabilitéThe state or quality of being immutable
German Unveränderlichkeit
  • UnveränderlichkeitThe state or quality of being immutable
Italian immutabilità
  • immutabilitàThe state or quality of being immutable
Latin immūtābilitās
  • immūtābilitāsThe state or quality of being immutable
Polish niezmienność
  • niezmiennośćThe state or quality of being immutable
Portuguese imutabilidade
  • imutabilidadeThe state or quality of being immutable
Russian неизме́нность
  • неизме́нность (neizménnostʹ)The state or quality of being immutable
Cite this entry
APA

immutability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immutability

MLA

“immutability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immutability. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immutability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immutability.

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