unchangeability
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- noun
- /ʌnˌtʃeɪndʒəˈbɪləti/
- The unchangeability of natural laws means that gravity will always pull objects towards the Earth.
Examples
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She has no need to separate body and mind in the way that many aging people do; that is, to look at the aging body with disgust, claiming the unchangeability of the mind or the self.
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This position accounts for the finality and unchangeability of God's judgment on every life immediately upon death.
Academic text (2008) -
My thing is the real value is the scarcity and the unchangeability of Bitcoin.
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However, the use of emotion-focused coping and acceptance of unchangeability did not short-circuit stress in the older group as previously suggested.
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The present study addressed the question of whether there were age differences in the relative use of emotion-focused and problem-focused coping styles or in the assessment of unchangeability in dealing with the restart of TMI Unit 1.
Academic text (1990) -
Folkman et al. suggested that their appraisal of unchangeability was in many cases realistic and that this aspect of emotion-focused coping may short-circuit the stress process for them and thus be adaptive.
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Her commitment to the unchangeability of her beliefs made her immune to outside influences.
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Scientists often study the unchangeability of certain chemical compounds to understand their properties.
Synonyms
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8.5
A state of not changing over time
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A state in which something does not move or change
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The state of being impossible to change or take back
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Being firmly held in place so it does not move or change
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A state of staying the same over time without becoming different
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A state of staying the same over time
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A state when something stays the same over time
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The quality of staying the same over time
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A quality of a person who cannot change their character or habits
A state in which something stays the same
A state of not changing over time
A state in which something like a rule cannot change
Antonyms
How Changeable
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unchangeability = unchangeable (transparent) = un + change + able + ity
Adding the nominalizing suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'unchangeable' yields a standard noun meaning 'the quality/state of being not changeable'.
Etymology
The word unchangeability breaks into un- 'not', change 'to make different', and -ability 'quality or state'. So unchangeability is the 'quality of not changing', like a rule or a rock that stays the same, which is why it means the tendency to remain unchanged.