transience
1. an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying (Freq. 1) • Syn: transiency, transitoriness • Derivationally related forms: transitory (for: transitoriness), transient (for: transiency) • Hypernyms: impermanence, impermanency • Hyponyms: fugacity, fugaciousness, ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness 2. the attribute of being brief or fleeting • Syn: brevity, briefness • Derivationally related forms: transient, brief (for: briefness), brief (for: brevity) • Hypernyms: duration, length
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