transitoriness
English
editEtymology
editFrom transitory + -ness.
Noun
edittransitoriness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being transitory.
- 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 12, page 198:
- Nor certainly is Pindar blind to the more pathetic aspects of humanity—its transitoriness, its sorrows, its ignorance, its moral frailty […]
- 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 10, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
- The transitoriness perhaps makes viral content the most representative form of culture in the twenty-first century: […]
Synonyms
edit- ephemerality, impermanence, transiency; see also Thesaurus:transience
Translations
editstate or quality of being transitory
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