English noun: transience | |||
1. | transience (attribute) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying | ||
Synonyms | transiency, transitoriness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impermanence, impermanency | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness, fugaciousness, fugacity | ||
2. | transience (attribute) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | ||
Synonyms | brevity, briefness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | duration, length | ||