permanence

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Permanency

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

permanency infinity industry existence steel lasting survival continuity reliability tenure consistency continuation endurance retention hardness
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Antonyms

impermanence mercury caprice while term vertigo
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Hypernyms

length duration

Hyponyms

durability immortality perpetuity strength perdurability lastingness

Related terms

permanent impermanence

Phrases with the word

peevishness implies the permanence of a sour

Examples

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. Henri Matisse

Writing, printing, and the Internet give a false sense of security about the permanence of culture. Jane Jacobs

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated. Tryon Edwards

The overwhelming pressure of mechanization evident in the newspaper and the magazine, has led to the creation of vast monopolies of communication. Their entrenched positions involve a continuous, systematic, ruthless destruction of elements of permanence essential to cultural activity. Harold Innis

Women can do nothing that has permanence. Selma Lagerlöf

As the sun's shadow shifts, so there is no permanence on earth. Afghan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

permalloy Perman permanable permanency permanent permanent 4wd