impermanencies
Things that pass
Impermanencies are things that don't last—the plural of impermanence treated as countable instances rather than an abstract quality.
The word appears in philosophical and contemplative contexts, often Buddhist-influenced, where recognizing life's impermanencies is considered wisdom: She meditated on the small impermanencies of daily life—the fading flowers, the changing light.
Passing very quickly
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- temporaryLimited in duration
- briefShort in duration
passing · short-lived · evanescent · transitory · fugacious · meteoric · volatile · vanishing
Gradual loss or scattering
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
dissolving · evaporation · withering · decline · decay · atrophy · erosion · deterioration
Thorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
shift · flux · alteration · modification · conversion · turnover · variation · fluctuation
State of being unsure
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
variability · turbulence · fragility · brittleness · shakiness · fluidity · capriciousness · tenuousness
fleeting
Passing very quickly
brief · passing · short-lived · evanescent · transitory · fugacious · meteoric · volatile · vanishing · deciduous
dissipation
Gradual loss or scattering
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
melting · dissolving · evaporation · withering · decline · decay · atrophy · erosion · deterioration · corrosion
transformation
Thorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
evolution · shift · flux · alteration · modification · conversion · turnover · variation · fluctuation · oscillation
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
unpredictability · variability · turbulence · fragility · brittleness · shakiness · fluidity · capriciousness · tenuousness · unsteadiness
impermanencieseternities
Boundless time periods
permanencies · perpetuities · everlastingness · infinities · permanence
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