Dictionary

impermanence en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle French impermanence, equivalent to im- + permanence.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Lack of permanence or continued duration.
2. (uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being impermanent.
   • I watch the ripples change their size / But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and / So the days float through my eyes / But still the days seem the same 1971, “Changes”, in Hunky Dory, performed by David Bowie:
3. (uncountable, usually) Anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.

Forms

Synonyms

temporariness · fugacity · impermanence · transitoriness · briefness · ephemeralness · ephemerality · temporariness · fleetingness · transiency · brevity · ephemerality · transientness · caducity · transience

Translations (22)

el παροδικότητα (lack of permanence) · ga díomuaine (lack of permanence) · bg непостоянство (lack of permanence) · ga neamhbhuaine (quality or state of being impermanent) · cmn 無常 /无常 (quality or state of being impermanent) · ga neamhbhuaine (lack of permanence) · cmn 無常 /无常 (lack of permanence) · la impermanēntia (quality or state of being impermanent) · gv neuveaynid (quality or state of being impermanent) · ga díomuaine (quality or state of being impermanent) · vi vô thường (anicca) · fi pysymättömyys (lack of permanence) · la impermanēntia (lack of permanence) · bg неустойчивост (lack of permanence) · es impermanencia (quality or state of being impermanent) · es impermanencia (lack of permanence) · pt impermanência (lack of permanence) · gv neuveaynid (lack of permanence) · pt impermanência (quality or state of being impermanent) · sv obeständighet (lack of permanence) · fi pysymättömyys (quality or state of being impermanent) · el παροδικότητα (quality or state of being impermanent)