Substitutionary

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to substitution or replacement.

    "I did not perceive that his irony, his secret, and his parade of feeling, were all alike theatrical, and substitutionary for real interest and sincerity."

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"I did not perceive that his irony, his secret, and his parade of feeling, were all alike theatrical, and substitutionary for real interest and sincerity."

Etymology

From substitution + -ary.

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substitutionary atonement

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