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TRANSITORINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Synonyms:
transience; transiency; transitoriness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("transitoriness" is a kind of...):
impermanence; impermanency (the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transitoriness"):
fugaciousness; fugacity (the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts))
ephemerality; ephemeralness; fleetingness (the property of lasting for a very short time)
Derivation:
transitory (lasting a very short time)
