transitoriness

Definitions of transitoriness
  1. noun
    an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
    synonyms: transience, transiency
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    types:
    fugaciousness, fugacity
    the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
    ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness
    the property of lasting for a very short time
    type of:
    impermanence, impermanency
    the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
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