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ephemerality

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e·phem·er·al  (-fmr-l)
adj.
1. Lasting for a markedly brief time: "There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript" (Irving R. Kaufman).
2. Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do.
n.
A markedly short-lived thing.
[From Greek ephmeros : ep-, epi-, epi- + hmer, day.]
e·phemer·ali·ty, e·phemer·al·ness n.
e·phemer·al·ly adv.
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Noun1.ephemerality - the property of lasting for a very short time
ephemeralness, fleetingness
transience, transiency, transitoriness - an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying


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