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transitoriness

transitoriness noun: the state or quality of being transitory.

Noun

transitoriness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being transitory.
    • 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
    • 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

Synonyms of transitoriness

Origin of transitoriness

From transitory + -ness.

Questions about transitoriness

What does transitoriness mean?
Transitoriness means the state or quality of being transitory.
What part of speech is transitoriness?
Transitoriness is a noun.

Words near transitoriness in the dictionary

  1. transitologies
  2. transitologist
  3. transitologists
  4. transitology
  5. transitorily
  6. transitoriness
  7. transitory
  8. transits
  9. transitted
  10. transitting
  11. transitude

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