TRANSIENCE

brevity, briefness, transience

(noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting

transience, transiency, transitoriness

(noun) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

transience (countable and uncountable, plural transiences)

The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.

Synonyms

• (quality of being transient): impermanence, transiency, transientness; see also transience

Antonyms

• inveteracy

• permanence

Anagrams

• inertances, nectarines

Source: Wiktionary

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Tran"sience, Tran"sien*cy, n.

Definition: The quality of being transient; transientness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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