Substitutability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable wordnet

Synonyms

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commutabilityreplaceabilityreplaceability

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

Etymology

From substitute + -ability.

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