Antonyms for transience

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tran-shuh ns, -zhuh ns, -zee-uh ns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræn ʃəns, -ʒəns, -zi əns

Definition of transience

Origin : 1745; see transient + -ence.

As in instability : noun imbalance, inconstancy
As in mortality : noun humanness
As in restlessness : noun constant motion; discontent
As in brevity : noun shortness, briefness
As in inquietude : noun restlessness
As in insecureness : noun instability
As in precariousness : noun instability
As in restiveness : noun restlessness
As in ricketiness : noun unstableness
As in shakiness : noun instability
As in unease : noun restlessness
As in unstableness : noun unsteadiness
As in unsteadiness : noun unstableness
As in unsureness : noun instability

Example sentences :

Is it, perhaps, a taunt from some one who wishes to remind me of the transience of my office?
Extract from : « Mystery at Geneva » by Rose Macaulay

The element of mortality in the form is included in the transience of imagery.
Extract from : « Heart of Man » by George Edward Woodberry

On the other hand the mere fact of memory is an escape from transience.
Extract from : « The Concept of Nature » by Alfred North Whitehead

Permanence, transience—Sir Ferdinando and his privies were gone, Crome still stood.
Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley

He put his pain with the transience of her youth and condescended to her so that he need not take note of himself.
Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott

This was now the reality; this great stone cathedral slumbering there in its mass, which knew no transience nor heard any denial.
Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

At last he had found permanence in a life where heretofore had been naught but transience.
Extract from : « The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol » by William J. Locke

It was like a reminder of the transience of the thing he sought, a challenge rousing him to assert its immortality.
Extract from : « The Divine Fire » by May Sinclair

Synonyms for transience

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