Synonyms for transiency
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Noun
1. Impermanence — transience
impermanence, transience, fugacity, transitoriness, caducity, brevity, ephemerality, briefness, ephemeralness, fleetingness, transientness
Definitions
- n. 1
Transience.
Forms
- Plural
- transiencies → impermanences, transiences, fugacities, caducities…
Example sentences
- impermanence Time is a constant reminder of life's impermanence.
- transience I never cease to be amazed at the transience of our mortal life.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| transiency | falling | |
| impermanence | rising | |
| transience | rising | |
| fugacity | falling | |
| transitoriness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- brevity3
- 8 letters
- fugacity, caducity
- 9 letters
- briefness
- 10 letters
- transience3
- 12 letters
- impermanence, ephemerality, fleetingness
- 13 letters
- ephemeralness, transientness
- 14 letters
- transitoriness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (brevity3 = 3 syllables).