"referential opacity" meaning in All languages combined

See referential opacity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} referential opacity (uncountable)
  1. A property of a linguistic construction where, for an expression built from it, replacing a subexpression with another one that denotes the same value may change the value of the expression. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-referential_opacity-en-noun-aGomN76P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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