FLEETINGNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of lasting for a very short time

Synonyms:

ephemerality; ephemeralness; fleetingness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fleetingness" is a kind of...):

transience; transiency; transitoriness (an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)

Derivation:

fleeting (lasting for a markedly brief time)

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