transmutable
- adjective
- /trænzˈmjuːtəbl/
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transmutable
- Cultural values can be transmutable, shifting as society evolves and new ideas emerge.
Examples
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The alchemist believed that almost any element could be made transmutable, changing its form into gold.
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It is therefore plausible to conceive that, for Newton, the limits of transmutability would be set by the existence of material properties which were not transmutable.
Academic text (2009) -
Meaning is transmutable from one generation to another because, in fact, the meaning of a work of art is how the person relates to it.
Academic text (1999) -
Infinitely transmutable, always the same.
Fiction book (1991) -
What could I depend on that was not inherently hidden and transmutable?
Fiction book (1998) -
Transparent, transmutable, not generatrix of meaning but receiver carrier site of passage:
Fiction book (1991) -
Is it the next logical step in computing—a transmutable slab that offers the best of the past and the present—or is it something else?
Blog text (4) -
Gans (1979) termed such voluntaristic identities that are transmutable and not intrinsic "symbolic ethnicity."
Academic text (2003) -
In the world of art, the meaning of a painting is often transmutable, varying with the viewer's interpretation.
Synonyms
23
3.4
Able to change to fit new situations
8
3.5
Able to become different or not stay the same
1
5.1
Can be changed to fit new needs
1
4.2
Able to be changed
Can change into a different form or material
Able to change shape, look or material when conditions change
Antonyms
How Changeable
8
3.5
- Specialized
473
2.3
5
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
transmutable = transmute (transparent) = trans + mut + able
Formed by the verb 'transmute' + suffix '-able', so the meaning 'capable of being transmuted / changed' is directly derived, though the word is somewhat specialized.
Etymology
Transmutable has trans- ('across') and mutare ('to change'), the same root you see in mutate and mutable. So a transmutable thing is one that can be changed into a different form, especially like in old alchemy where one metal is turned into another.