impermanence

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Impermanency

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

impermanency evanescence mortality instability condensation inconsistency insecurity fluctuation brevity shortness mutability perishability inconstancy fickleness flightiness
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Antonyms

permanence infinity equalization endurance immortality longevity
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Hypernyms

length duration

Hyponyms

mortality transience transiency transitoriness temporariness

Examples

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality. Gaston Bachelard

Every outer purpose is doomed to "fail” sooner or later, simply because it is subject to the law of impermanence of all things. Eckhart Tolle

Perhaps family itself, like beauty, is temporary, and no discredit need attach to impermanence. Gregory Maguire

Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your father's coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything. Jonathan Tropper

Our difficulty accepting impermanence is the heart of human suffering. Susan Cain

Acceptance. Acceptance of the impermanence of being. William Gibson

Close letter words and terms

imperium in imperio imperium romanum imperiwigged impermanency impermanent impermanent life