Impermanence
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Impermanence is a noun meaning Lack of permanence or continued duration.
Meaning
Lack of permanence or continued duration.
More Meanings
- The quality or state of being impermanent.
- (Buddhism) Anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.
Example Sentences
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
Word Forms
- impermanences
- impermanency
Synonyms for impermanence
Depending on context, synonyms include ephemerality, temporariness, brevity, briefness, caducity, ephemeralness.
Antonyms for impermanence
Common opposites include permanence, permanency.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include impermanency, transience, permanence, caducity, lastingness, permanency.
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