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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality of being ephemeral or transitory. uncountable

   "Material culture researchers have often failed to acknowledge the ephemeralness of much of their data."

2. 2
   the property of lasting for a very short time wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ephemeralityephemeralitycaducitydeathfinitudefleetingness

Example

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"Material culture researchers have often failed to acknowledge the ephemeralness of much of their data."

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ness.

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