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FLEETINGNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of lasting for a very short time
Synonyms:
ephemerality; ephemeralness; fleetingness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fleetingness" is a kind of...):
transience; transiency; transitoriness (an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
Derivation:
fleeting (lasting for a markedly brief time)