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transitoriness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English transitory Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English transitoriness From transitory + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being transitory.
    • The transitoriness perhaps makes viral content the most representative form of culture in the twenty-first century: […] 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 10, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
    • Nor certainly is Pindar blind to the more pathetic aspects of humanity—its transitoriness, its sorrows, its ignorance, its moral frailty[…] 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 12, page 198:

Synonyms

transiency · ephemerality · impermanence

Translations (2)

de Vergänglichkeit (state or quality of being transitory) · pt transitoriedade (state or quality of being transitory)