impermanence
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impermanence
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From Middle French impermanence, equivalent to im- + permanence.
noun impermanences · impermanency · unpermanence · unpermanency
- Lack of permanence or continued duration.
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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 same
Similar: ephemerality, temporariness, brevity, briefness, caducity, ephemeralness, fleetingness, fugacity, impermanence, transience, transiency, transientness
- Anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.
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noun lack of permanence
| Español | impermanencia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 無常 /无常 wúcháng |
| Português | impermanência |
| Ελληνικά | παροδικότητα parodikótita |
noun quality or state of being impermanent
| Español | impermanencia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 無常 /无常 wúcháng |
| Português | impermanência |
| Ελληνικά | παροδικότητα parodikótita |
noun anicca
| Tiếng Việt | vô thường |
|---|
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title = {impermanence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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