transience

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noun

The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

Similar
temporarinessimpermanencetransiencytransientnessbrevitybriefnesscaducityephemerality
Opposite
chronicityinveteracypermanencedurabilityendlessness
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Meanings

nountransience (countable and uncountable, plural transiences)

plural transiences

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

    Synonyms: temporariness

  2. countableuncountableAn impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

Similar
temporariness
Similar
impermanencetransiencytransientnessbrevitybriefnesscaducityephemeralityephemeralnessfleetingnessfugacitytransitoriness
Opposite
chronicityinveteracypermanencedurabilityendlessnesspersistence
Broader
finity
Narrower
evanescence

More synonyms by meaning

nounan impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

Similar
transiencytransitoriness
Broader
impermanenceimpermanency

nounthe attribute of being brief or fleeting

Similar
brevitybriefness
Broader
durationlength
Also see
brevitybriefnessephemeralityimpermanencetemporarinesstransiencytransientnesstransitoriness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From transient + -ence.

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Translations

Bulgarian преходност, мимолетност
  • преходност (prehodnost)quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • мимолетност (mimoletnost)quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • преходност (prehodnost)impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Chinese 短暫 /短暂
  • 短暫 /短暂 (duǎnzàn)quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
Dutch tijdeijkheid, vergankelijkheid
  • tijdeijkheidquality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • vergankelijkheidimpermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
German Vergänglichkeit, Vergänglichkeit
  • Vergänglichkeitquality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • Vergänglichkeitimpermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Hungarian múlékonyság, tünékenység
  • múlékonyságquality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • tünékenységquality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • átmenetiségquality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • mulandóságimpermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Japanese 一過性, 短命
  • 一過性 (ikkasei)quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • 短命 (tammei)impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Polish przelotność
  • przelotnośćimpermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Swedish flyktighet, förgängelse
  • flyktighetquality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting
  • förgängelseimpermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Cite this entry
APA

transience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transience

MLA

“transience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transience. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transience,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transience.

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