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Immutable may describe something that is incapable of change, but the word itself—like all words—is mutable, both capable of and prone to alteration. To put a finer point on it, if language were fixed, we wouldn’t have immutable itself, which required a variety of mutations of the Latin verb mutare (“to change”) to reach our tongues (or pens, keyboards, or touchscreens—oh the many permutations of communication!). Other English words that can be traced back to mutare include mutate, transmute, and commute. Which reminds us—the mutability of language makes great food for thought during one’s commute.
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Aya Saed, Time, 17 June 2025
More to Explore This represents the securitization of gender: identity is linked with security because the government believes that knowing who people are helps assess risk, and gender is taken as an immutable marker of identity.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 7 June 2025
The blueprint has a more immutable deadline: September.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
All transactions—encompassing policy issuance, claims and payments—are meticulously recorded on a decentralized ledger using immutable and tamper-proof records.
—Arpna Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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“Immutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immutable. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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