Ephemerality

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience. uncountable

    "But in that quest, we sometimes lose sight of a central tenet: Nature’s ephemerality makes it all the more enchanting."

  2. 2
    the property of lasting for a very short time wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that is ephemeral. countable

    "So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity."

Synonyms

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ephemeralnessbrevitycaducitycaducitydeathevanescence

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"But in that quest, we sometimes lose sight of a central tenet: Nature’s ephemerality makes it all the more enchanting."

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ity.

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