mutability

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noun

The quality or state of being mutable.

Similar
mutableness
Opposite
immutability
OriginMiddle English mutabilite ← Old French mutabilite ← Latin mutabilitas →
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Meanings

nounmutability (countable and uncountable, plural mutabilities)

plural mutabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality or state of being mutable.

    There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.

    1819 November 10, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Mutability of Literature”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number IV, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 23
    1 more example

    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 […]

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being capable of mutation

Similar
mutableness
Opposite
immutability
Broader
changeablenesschangeability
Also see
changingnessmutableness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmutabilitas
  2. Old Frenchmutabilite
  3. Middle Englishmutabilite
  4. Englishmutability

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

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Translations

Bulgarian променливост, изменчивост
  • променливост (promenlivost)quality or state of being mutable
  • изменчивост (izmenčivost)quality or state of being mutable
Finnish muuttuvuus
  • muuttuvuusquality or state of being mutable
German Mutabilität, Veränderbarkeit
  • Mutabilitätquality or state of being mutable
  • Veränderbarkeitquality or state of being mutable
  • Veränderlichkeitquality or state of being mutable
Italian mutevolezza
  • mutevolezzaquality or state of being mutable
Spanish mutabilidad
  • mutabilidadquality or state of being mutable
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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