ephemerality

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noun

The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounephemerality (countable and uncountable, plural ephemeralities)

plural ephemeralities

  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.

    But in that quest, we sometimes lose sight of a central tenet: Nature’s ephemerality makes it all the more enchanting.

    2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor

    Synonyms: ephemeralness

  2. countableSomething that is ephemeral.

    So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity.

    1961, Lewis Mumford, The City in History, Harcourt, Brace & World, page 242

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe property of lasting for a very short time

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

ephemerality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ephemerality

MLA

“ephemerality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ephemerality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ephemerality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ephemerality.

Source: ephemerality on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.