ephemerality

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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.

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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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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