unchangingness

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un·chang·ing

(ŭn-chān′jĭng)

adj.

Remaining the same; showing or undergoing no change: unchanging weather patterns; unchanging friendliness.

un·chang′ing·ly adv.

un·chang′ing·ness n.

unchangingness

(ˌʌnˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋnəs)

the quality or state of not changing

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unchangingness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged

unchangeability, unchangeableness, changelessness

quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

absoluteness - the quality of being absolute; "the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged"

constancy, stability - the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"

innateness - the quality of being innate

irreversibility - the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed)

invariableness, invariance, invariability - the quality of being resistant to variation

unalterability, fixedness - the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her"

unexchangeability - the quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange

immutability, immutableness, fixity - the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species"

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Essence viewed from this perspective loses its universality, unchangingness, and necessity.