momentaneousnessn.
/ˌməʊm(ə)nˈteɪnɪəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌmoʊm(ə)nˈteɪniəsnəs/ The state or quality of being momentaneous; instantaneousness. Also: transitoriness.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > instantaneousness
instantaneousness1727
momentaneousness1727
instantaneitya1763
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience
frailnessa1300
timelinessa1500
transitoriness1550
fleeting1616
temporality1635
wanzingness1642
transiency1647
impermanency1648
undurableness1648
transientness1653
fugacity1656
evanidness1659
fugaciousness1664
timeishness1674
timesomeness1674
volatilenessa1676
fleetingness1709
deciduousness1727
fleetness1727
momentaneousness1727
preterience1730
transience1739
evanescence1751
unpermanency1751
transitiveness1775
caducity1793
impermanence1796
ephemerality1822
passingness1839
transitionalness1880
anitya1882
diariness1891
anicca1904
ephemeralness1911
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Instantaneousness, Momentaneousness, or happening in the Nick of Time.
1876 J. J. G. Wilkinson On Human Sci. 133 The momentaneousness of God's will shocks the scientific mind, looking at the fixity of nature and her great constancy.
1985 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 30 114 De Groot gives a verb typology using the semantic primitives control, dynamism, change and momentaneousness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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