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unpermanence

unpermanence is the obsolete form of impermanence.

Meaning of impermanence

Noun

impermanence (usually uncountable, plural impermanences)

  1. (usually) Lack of permanence or continued duration.
  2. (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 same1971, “Changes”, in Hunky Dory, performed by David Bowie
  3. (usually) Anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.

Questions about unpermanence

What is unpermanence the obsolete form of?
Unpermanence is the obsolete form of impermanence.

Words near unpermanence in the dictionary

  1. unperk
  2. unperked
  3. unperking
  4. unperks
  5. unperky
  6. unpermanence
  7. unpermanency
  8. unpermanent
  9. unpermanently
  10. unpermeabilised
  11. unpermeabilized

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