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Definition of Transitoriness
1. Noun. An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.
Generic synonyms: Impermanence, Impermanency
Specialized synonyms: Fugaciousness, Fugacity, Ephemerality, Ephemeralness, Fleetingness
Derivative terms: Transient, Transitory
Definition of Transitoriness
1. n. The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.
Definition of Transitoriness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being transitory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transitoriness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Transitoriness
Literary usage of Transitoriness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Educational Psychology: Briefer Course by Edward Lee Thorndike (1914)
"... OF transitoriness IN ORIGINAL TENDENCIES James' description of the fact of
transitoriness and of its extent in man is the best introduction to the topic ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... The key-note of Buddhism is the transitoriness and vanity of life, which is
conditioned by karma, the fruit of deeds done in countless previous lives; ..."
3. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle of St. James by James Hardy Ropes (1916)
"2, where the customary arrogance and selfishness of the rich, the transitoriness
of their prosperity, and their treatment of the righteous are set forth. ..."
4. The American Monthly Magazine (1837)
"transitoriness. PROM THE GERMAN OP JN Gb'TZ. OF human wo it were some mitigation
Dill mortal fabrics sink as erst they rose, By slow degrees. ..."
5. Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1866)
"THE transitoriness OF LIFE. PSALM xc. 12. — "So teach t/s to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." THIS is the key-note of the 90th ..."
6. A Harvest of German Verse by Margarete Anna Adelheid Münsterberg (1916)
"ANDREAS GRYPHIUS Born 1616 in Glogau. Died 1664 in Glogau Sonnet On the transitoriness
of Life You see, where'er you ..."
7. The Outlines of Educational Psychology: An Introduction to the Science of by William Henry Pyle (1911)
"transitoriness and periodicity of instincts.—Some instinctive tendencies seem to
be transitory, as the instinct of following moving objects in the chick as ..."
8. Holbein and His Times by Alfred Woltmann, Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett (1872)
"Pictures in churches of the transitoriness of life. -" The three dead and the
three living," both in poetry and painting.—Triumph of Death at Pisa and nt ..."
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