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IMPERMANENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
Synonyms:
impermanence; impermanency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("impermanency" is a kind of...):
duration; length (continuance in time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impermanency"):
temporariness (the property of lasting only a short time)
transience; transiency; transitoriness (an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
mortality (the quality or state of being mortal)
Derivation:
impermanent (existing or enduring for a limited time only)
impermanent (not permanent; not lasting)
