ceaselessness

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cease·less

(sēs′lĭs)

adj.

Without stop or pause; constant. See Synonyms at continual.

cease′less·ly adv.

cease′less·ness n.

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ceaselessness

(ˈsiːsləsnəs)

the quality of being uninterrupted or not stopping

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ceaselessness - the quality of something that continues without end or interruption

continuousness, incessancy, incessantness

endlessness - the property of being (or seeming to be) without end

ceaselessness

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The quality or state of having no end:

endlessness, eternality, eternalness, eternity, everlastingness, perpetuity, world without end.

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It was the ceaselessness of the work which tried her so severely, and began to make her wish that she had never some to Flintcomb-Ash.

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The leadership institute is based on seven pillars of leadership development: character, civic engagement, change management, ceaselessness, collaboration, conflict management and courageous communication.

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Throughout this essay, I will return to one of the moments in Walter Benjamin's work where he delves into the ceaselessness of memory, where he uses an extended metaphor of archaeology to explore living memory:

Memory as Fluid Process: James Friedman's "12 Nazi Concentration Camps" and Gunter Demnig's Stolpersteine

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