What does evanescence mean?
Evanescence means The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance..
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/ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/ · noun
The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance..
We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful
the evanescence of the morning mist.
Use evanescence when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Evanescence means The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance..
Common synonyms include ephemerality, fleetingness, ephemeralness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful
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