transientnessn.
/ˈtranzɪəntnəs/, /ˈtrɑːnzɪəntnəs/, /ˈtransɪəntnəs/, /ˈtrɑːnsɪəntnəs/, U.S. /ˈtræn(t)ʃəntnəs/, /ˈtrænziəntnəs/, /ˈtræn(d)ʒəntnəs/ The quality or state of being transient, impermanent, or ephemeral; = transience n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
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
1653 J. Goodwin Expos. 9th Chapter Rom. 35 To prove the transientness of the Apostle's affection.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety x. 280 As they resemble the Wind in fury.., so they might do also in transientness.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 368 The Pleasure of this Life is..in regard of its Transientness, like the Pleasure of a Dream.
1789 Ill Effects of Rash Vow II. 232 Life has been compared to a vapour... I have been sufficiently warned of its transientness!
1844 Monthly Rev. July 303 The transientness and insignificance of earthly cares and emotions.
1881 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 19 Nov. 7/4 Dwell on the weakness of party ties,..and the transientness of earthly hope.
1907 Edinb. Rev. July 177 Suzanne..could not believe in the transientness of [Gibbon's affections].
2005 Carillon (Steinbach, Manitoba) 4 Aug. 7 c/2 There are things God would want us to remember as we are confronted with the transientness of life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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