substitutability

noun

The quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted.

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Meanings

nounsubstitutability (countable and uncountable, plural substitutabilities)

plural substitutabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted.

    One problem with the principle of infinite substitutability is that it does not apply, in any simple fashion, to investments in organizational complexity.

    1988, Joseph Tainter, “Summary and Implications”, in The Collapse of Complex Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 212

Synonyms & antonyms

nounexchangeability by virtue of being replaceable

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replaceabilitycommutability
Broader
exchangeabilityinterchangeabilityinterchangeableness
Also see
commutabilityreplaceability

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From substitute + -ability.

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Translations

Russian заменя́емость
  • заменя́емость (zamenjájemostʹ)quality of being substitutable
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APA

substitutability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitutability

MLA

“substitutability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitutability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “substitutability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitutability.

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