mutability
noun
- property of any function, variable or expression where values are subject to changes with "side-effects"
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ / /ˌmjutəˈbɪlɪti/ / [ˌmjuɾəˈbɪləɾi]
noun
Etymology: From Middle English mutabilite, from Old French mutabilite, from Latin mutabilitas; equivalent to mutable + -ity.
- The quality or state of being mutable.
“He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses […]”
“There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.”