(-zē-ən-sē, -zhən-, -shən-)
n.
The state or quality of being transient.
transience
Dictionary:
tran·si·ence (trăn'zē-əns, zhəns, -shəns)  also tran·si·en·cy
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| Antonyms: transience |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Synonyms: transiency, transitoriness
Meaning #2:
the attribute of being brief or fleeting
Synonyms: brevity, briefness
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 | fugacity |
| The Memories of Dogs (2006 Avant-garde / Experimental Film) |
| On Transience (psychoanalysis) |
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- The Memories of Dogs (2006 Avant-garde / Experimental Film)
- On Transience (psychoanalysis)
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- early Irish lyrics
- Joel Harrison (Jazz Artist, '90s, 2000s)
- Transcience of Love (1989 Album by Walter Holland)
- Kitel
- Ts'ao Hsüeh-ch'in (Chinese novelist)
- On Location in the Loire Valley (poem)
- Virtue (Themes) (poem)
- Lotte in Weimar (work)
- Psalm 137, "By the Rivers of Babylon" female voices, cello obbligato, 2 flutes, organ & harp (Classical Work)
- Au bord de l'eau ("S'asseoir tous deux au bord du flot"), song for voice & piano, Op. 8/1 (Classical Work)
