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Definitions

impermanence

[im-pur-muh-nuhns] / ɪmˈpɜr mə nəns /

NOUN

brevity

Synonyms

STRONG

conciseness concision condensation crispness curtness economy ephemerality pithiness pointedness succinctness terseness transience transitoriness

Antonyms

WEAK

lengthiness longevity permanence

NOUN

insecureness

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alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness unsureness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

instability

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anxiety fluctuation insecurity uncertainty volatility vulnerability weakness

STRONG

alternation capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience unpredictability unreliability unsteadiness vacillation variability wavering

WEAK

unfixedness

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STRONG

calm

WEAK

balance constancy soundness stability steadfastness

NOUN

mortality

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STRONG

being ephemerality flesh humanity humankind temporality transience

WEAK

Homo sapiens human race

Antonyms

WEAK

animal life inhumanness plant life

NOUN

precariousness

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STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness unsureness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

ricketiness

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STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness wobbliness

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STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

shakiness

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STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness unsureness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

unstableness

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STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness ricketiness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness wobbliness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

unsteadiness

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness ricketiness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness wobbliness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

unsureness

Synonyms

WEAK

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unfixedness unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

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While you meditate you brood on the impermanence of all things, including yourself, and envision yourself as a corpse, lying out on a bier, all life gone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

It was that sense of impermanence, she believes, that made the films special.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

But that impermanence is also what makes the holidays so special.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: The book is deliberately rooted in this paradox of permanence and impermanence.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

He was lecturing me on the impermanence of memory.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

impermanence

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