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Webster 1828 Edition

Impermanence

IMPER'MANENCE

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Noun.

Want of permanence or continued duration.

Definition 2024

impermanence

impermanence

English

Noun

impermanence ‎(usually uncountable, plural impermanences)

Lack of permanence or continued duration.
The quality or state of being impermanent.
(Buddhism) anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.

Translations

lack of permanence

Chinese:
Mandarin: 無常 (zh), 无常 (zh) ‎(wúcháng)
Finnish: pysymättömyys

Greek: παροδικότητα (el) f ‎(parodikótita)
Spanish:

quality or state of being impermanent

Chinese:
Mandarin: 無常 (zh), 无常 (zh) ‎(wúcháng)
Finnish: pysymättömyys

Greek: παροδικότητα (el) f ‎(parodikótita)
Spanish:

anicca — see anicca

References

impermanence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Etymology

in- +‎ permanence

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s/

Noun

impermanence f ‎(plural impermanences)

impermanence (state of being impermanent)