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English noun: transience

1. transience (attribute) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying


Synonymstransiency, transitoriness


Broader (hypernym)impermanence, impermanency


Narrower (hyponym)ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness, fugaciousness, fugacity

2. transience (attribute) the attribute of being brief or fleeting


Synonymsbrevity, briefness


Broader (hypernym)duration, length









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