I am fascinated by clouds and clocks on old photographs - perhaps because they can be understood as symbols of the transience and continuous passage of time.
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Transience
Synonyms for "transience" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
Noun(3 words)
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17 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- мимолетност noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- преходност noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- преходност noun (impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
Chinese
1 entries- 短暫 /短暂 noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
Dutch
2 entries- tijdeijkheid noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- vergankelijkheid noun (impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
German
2 entries- Vergänglichkeit noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- Vergänglichkeit noun (impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
Hungarian
4 entries- mulandóság noun (impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
- múlékonyság noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- tünékenység noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- átmenetiség noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
Japanese
2 entries- 一過性 noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- 短命 noun (impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
Polish
1 entries- przelotność noun (impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
Swedish
2 entries- flyktighet noun (quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting)
- förgängelse noun (impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Transience is as old as eternity.
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"Casper, 'mono no aware' is the Japanese aesthetic awareness of the sad gentle transience of things." "Give me an example, David." "It's like the time that I sipped 'crème de menthe' at a café near the Palace of Versailles."
Source: tatoeba (9550560)
I never cease to be amazed at the transience of our mortal life.
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