substitutabilityn.
/ˌsʌbstᵻtjuːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, /ˌsʌbstᵻtʃuːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsəbstəˌt(j)udəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Capacity for being put in place of something else; ability to put one thing or person in place of another. Also with for.
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1880 W. Cyples Inq. Proc. Human Exper. 231 Not only is there..substitutability of impression at the first moment of actualisation, but..there may be indefinite changing about of the senses in activity.
1922 C. K. Ogden et al. tr. L. Wittgenstein Tractatus 171 Equations express the substitutability of two expressions.
1957 A. C. L. Day Outl. Monetary Econ. xxxi. 395 There may also be a high or low degree of substitutability in consumption in each country.
1971 T. F. Mitchell in Archivum Linguisticum 2 46 The substitutability of away for off.
2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory x. 1105 The high degree of sequence similarity..leads to the remarkable..interphylum substitutability revealed by so many experiments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1880- superexcellently
- superexcelling
- superexchange
- superexcitation
- superexciting
- superexcrescence
- superexiguity
- superexist
- superexistent
- superexpend
- superexpense
- superexpone
- superexpostulate
- superexquisiteness
- superextended
- superextol
- superextra
- superface
- superfaced
- superfact
- superfamilies
- superfamily
- superfamous
- superfast
- superfatted