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fluxity

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English

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Etymology

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From flux +‎ -ity.

Noun

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fluxity (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of experiencing constant changes.
    Synonyms: changeability, changeableness, flux
    The fluxity of life requires one to be flexible and adapt to change readily.
    • 1911, Augustana Journal, page 11:
      In India a missionary has to draw the plan and make the estimate as best he can, but with the best of intentions owing to the fluxity of the prices it will remain forever incorrect.
    • 1998, Western American Literature, volume 33, page 49:
      But recycling his own photographs does more than note the fluxity of vision; it points toward the artifice of all images.
    • 2002, Wilson Moneme, Reflections in tranquility, page 44:
      The fluxity of motion in bringing about perpetual movement posits a change that makes sure that there is never a dull moment. The change brings about and resolves itself in permanence; []