transience

== English == === Etymology === From transient +‎ -ence. === Noun === transience (countable and uncountable, plural transiences) The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting. An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying. ==== Synonyms ==== (quality of being transient): temporariness, impermanence, transiency, transientness; see also Thesaurus:transience ==== Antonyms ==== chronicity inveteracy permanence ==== Related terms ==== transient transiently ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “transience”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “transience”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === inertances, nectarines