transitoriness

English

Etymology

From transitory +‎ -ness.

Noun

transitoriness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being transitory.
   • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 12, page 198:

     Nor certainly is Pindar blind to the more pathetic aspects of humanity—its transitoriness, its sorrows, its ignorance, its moral frailty […]

   • 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 10, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:

     The transitoriness perhaps makes viral content the most representative form of culture in the twenty-first century: […]

Synonyms

• ephemerality, impermanence, transiency; see also Thesaurus:transience

Translations

state or quality of being transitory

• German: Vergänglichkeit (de) f
• Portuguese: transitoriedade f