transience
pronunciation
How to pronounce transience in British English:
UK ['trænzɪəns]
How to pronounce transience in American English:
US [ˈtrænʃəns, -ʒəns, -ziəns]
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- Noun:
- an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- the attribute of being brief or fleeting
Word Origin
- transience (n.)
- 1745, from transient + -ence. Related: Transiency (1650s).
Example
- 1. The third is the transience of all pioneers .
- 2. I think what he had in mind was the transience of business success .
- 3. Our work is defined by its transience , often refined or replaced within a year or two .
- 4. A typical day for the nobles in heian kyo ( now kyoto ) might involve sitting beneath the plum blossoms and composing poems about how sad it was that something so beautiful should wither so quickly-a reminder of the transience of life .