transience

Examples

• All

• But they were even smaller and poorer, with a feeling of transience and little attempt at decoration.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Moving for employment was the only transience variable significantly associated with recent mental hospitalization.

  Academic text (1997)

• There appear to be a variety of experiences of transience reported among the homeless population.

  Academic text (1997)

• For one thing, all the authors agree that technology transience is real.

  Academic text (2015)

• The first section provides an overview of issues related to privacy and technology transience in online learning contexts.

  Academic text (2015)

• While we have focused on transience in technology throughout this article, there is similar transience in global realities.

  Academic text (2015)

• How do we as instructional designers create meaningful learning opportunities amidst the transience in technology?

  Academic text (2015)

• The transience of summer flowers reminds us to appreciate their beauty while they last.

• His poem reflects on the transience of youth and the inevitability of aging.

• Many artists explore the theme of transience in their work, emphasizing how fleeting moments can be.

Synonyms

B

brevity

vstransience

14 5.3

Using few words when speaking or writing

means short duration rather than economical or concise expression

I

impermanence

vstransience

4 8.2

A state of not lasting forever and likely to change

focuses more narrowly on short duration rather than general change

E

ephemerality

vstransience

1 8.9

A state of lasting only a short time, like a rainbow

covers short duration broadly rather than stressing extreme brevity

F

fleetingness

vstransience

1 8.2

A short time that passes quickly

is about short duration but may lack the strong fleeting image

T

transitoriness

vstransience

1 9.2

The fact that something lasts only a short time

indicates short duration but without stressing inevitable ending

T

temporality

vstransience

1 8.2

The fact that something lasts only for a short time

is specifically about short-lasting quality rather than general time topics

T

temporariness

vstransience

5.5

A state of lasting only a short time

means short-lasting but can sound slightly more formal or abstract

I

impermanency

vstransience

8.2

A temporary condition that does not last forever

highlights short-lived nature specifically rather than the wordy form

T

transiency

vstransience

8.4

A short time that something exists before it ends

means brief lasting time without the stronger inevitability focus

E

ephemeralness

vstransience

• Specialized

9.1

The state of lasting only a short time

means short-lasting but can include slightly longer briefness

F

fugitivity

vstransience

• Literature

9.9

A state of lasting only a short time and hard to hold

points to short duration without the added sense of slipperiness

B

briefness

vstransience

3.4

A short time or using few words

refers to short time specifically rather than also meaning concise speech

Antonyms

S

stability

363 3.1

Being steady and not likely to change

P

permanence

15 5.5

A situation where something lasts a long time without big change

How Temporary

ephemerality

1 8.9

transience

2 8.1

durability

22 3.8

permanence

15 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology