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substitutability

substitutability noun: the quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted.

Noun

substitutability (countable and uncountable, plural substitutabilities)

  1. The 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

Forms of substitutability

pluralsubstitutabilities

Origin of substitutability

From substitute + -ability.

Words formed from substitutability

Questions about substitutability

What does substitutability mean?
Substitutability means the quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted.
What part of speech is substitutability?
Substitutability is a noun.
What is the plural of substitutability?
The plural of substitutability is substitutabilities.

Words near substitutability in the dictionary

  1. substituends
  2. substituendum
  3. substituent
  4. substituents
  5. substitutabilities
  6. substitutability
  7. substitutable
  8. substitutables
  9. substitutably
  10. substitute
  11. substitute good

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