lastingness
Ability to endure
Lastingness is the quality of enduring or remaining over time.
The word is rarely used; durability, permanence, and longevity cover the same ground more naturally.
When it does appear, it often emphasizes surprising persistence: the lastingness of childhood memories, the lastingness of her influence on the field.
Quality of lasting indefinitely
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- spanDistance between endpoints
- longevityDuration of existence
persistence · constancy · timelessness · endurance · continuity · extension · prolongation · protraction
Resistance to wear
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
- robustnessResistance to failure
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- sturdinessStrength and solidity
strength · indestructibility · ruggedness · soundness · solidness · serviceability · reliability · dependability
What's passed down
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- memorializationPreserving in lasting tribute
- tributeOffering of respect
monument · imprint · impression · mark · impact · influence · resonance · echo
permanence
Quality of lasting indefinitely
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- spanDistance between endpoints
longevity · persistence · constancy · timelessness · endurance · continuity · extension · prolongation · protraction · sustainment
durability
Resistance to wear
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
- robustnessResistance to failure
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
sturdiness · strength · indestructibility · ruggedness · soundness · solidness · serviceability · reliability · dependability · steadfastness
legacy
What's passed down
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- memorializationPreserving in lasting tribute
tribute · monument · imprint · impression · mark · impact · influence · resonance · echo · afterlife
- steadinessstability, consistency, constancy, steadiness, steadfastness
lastingnesstransience
Brevity of existence
impermanence · temporariness · fleetingness · ephemerality · brevity
lastingnessimpermanence
Quality of not lasting
instability · mutability · changeability · perishability · fragility