ephemerality

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noun Freq #228094

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.

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

  2. 2
    noun

    Something that is ephemeral.

    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.

  3. 3
    noun

    the property of lasting for a very short time

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ity.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the state or condition of... ephemeralness
3 noun · the property of lasting for... ephemeralnessfleetingness
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