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Definition of Impermanence
1. Noun. The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations.
Generic synonyms: Duration, Length
Specialized synonyms: Temporariness, Transience, Transiency, Transitoriness, Mortality
Derivative terms: Impermanent, Impermanent, Impermanent, Impermanent
Antonyms: Permanence
Definition of Impermanence
1. n. lack of permanence.
Definition of Impermanence
1. Noun. Want of permanence or continued duration. ¹
2. Noun. The quality or state of being impermanent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impermanence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impermanence
Literary usage of Impermanence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Living Buddhist Masters by Jack Kornfield (1998)
"impermanence is inside everybody. It is with everybody. ... When one can feel
impermanence, when one can experience impermanence, and when one can become ..."
2. Early Buddhism by Thomas William Rhys Davids (1908)
"impermanence.—The details of the Path include several terms whose meaning and
... Of these two, again, the impermanence has become an Indian rather than a ..."
3. Plan of Parliamentary Reform in the Form of a Catechism with Reasons for by Jeremy Bentham (1817)
"Representatives — impermanence of their Situation— its Importance — Objections—their
Groundlessness. On this part of the field, into a comparatively small ..."
4. The Development of Religion in Japan by George William Knox (1907)
"Thus the beginning of Buddhism' its a, b, c, literally its * i, ro, ha, is the
impermanence of all things. Everything passes away, nothing remains; ..."
5. The World's Highway: Some Notes on America's Relation to Sea Power and Non by Sir Norman Angell (1915)
"The impermanence of the destruction of a nation's military power and the mutability
of military alliances are among the few unquestionable lessons of ..."
6. The Fundamentals of Accounting by William Morse Cole, Anne Elizabeth Geddes (1921)
"ASSET ACCOUNTS The impermanence of Assets. In noting a statement of what an
account is meant to contain, one should always remember that few things in this ..."
7. The Fundamentals of Accounting by William Morse Cole, Anne Elizabeth Geddes (1921)
"... will not be discussed until Chapter XIV, where they will show again the
flexibility of bookkeeping methods. ASSET ACCOUNTS The impermanence of Assets. ..."
8. Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts by Frederick Victor Dickins (1906)
"238 On the impermanence of this World.1 Since the beginning of earth was and of
heaven, it hath been ever to mankind plain and certain that this our world ..."
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