momentariness
State of transience
The quality of lasting only a moment or being fleeting.
Momentariness describes how briefly something exists or occurs: the momentariness of fame, the momentariness of pleasure.
The word emphasizes impermanence—that which has momentariness cannot be held onto.
Briefest unit of time
- flashBrief burst of light
- secondUnit smaller than minute
- blinkRapid lid movement
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
jiffy · split-second · eyeblink · twinkling · nanosecond · microsecond · tick · flicker
Gradual disappearance from existence
- transienceBrevity of existence
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
fading · passing · dissipation · evaporation · volatility · gossamer · wisp · vapor
Conditional and possibly temporary
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
transitory · short-term · limited · conditional · experimental · trial · placeholder · transitional
Gradual organic breakdown
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- mortalityState of eventual death
- finitudeState of being bounded
perishability · withering · disintegration · cessation · decline · deterioration · atrophy · obsolescence
instant
Briefest unit of time
heartbeat · jiffy · split-second · eyeblink · twinkling · nanosecond · microsecond · tick · flicker · wink
evanescence
Gradual disappearance from existence
- transienceBrevity of existence
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
vanishing · fading · passing · dissipation · evaporation · volatility · gossamer · wisp · vapor · bubble
provisional
Conditional and possibly temporary
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
tentative · transitory · short-term · limited · conditional · experimental · trial · placeholder · transitional · passing
decay
Gradual organic breakdown
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- mortalityState of eventual death
finitude · perishability · withering · disintegration · cessation · decline · deterioration · atrophy · obsolescence · senescence
momentarinesspermanence
Quality of lasting indefinitely
eternity · permanency · perpetuity · endlessness · everlastingness
moment, momentary, momentum, memento, moments, momentarily, momentous, mementos, momenta