English Explanatory Dictionary

transience

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.
  2. An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.

Word forms

transience transiences

Etymology

From transient + -ence.

Synonyms

impermanence transiency transientness brevity briefness caducity ephemerality ephemeralness fleetingness fugacity transience transitoriness temporariness

Antonyms

chronicity inveteracy permanence durability endlessness persistence

Related words

transient transiently ephemeral moment temporarily
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