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
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
Tran"sience, Tran"sien*cy, n.
Definition: The quality of being transient; transientness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition