Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being temporary; transitoriness: opposed to permanence and perpetuity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to
perpetuity .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The characteristic of being
temporary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of lasting only a short time
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Examples
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This is a significant change from the kind of temporariness ascribed by some social network users to their accounts today (see danah boyd).
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One of these is the Vanitas panting, a type of symbolic work of art meant for humanity to reflect upon the temporariness of life and morality.
Bill Bush: A Revolution in Clay: This Artweek.LA (January 16, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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One of these is the Vanitas panting, a type of symbolic work of art meant for humanity to reflect upon the temporariness of life and morality.
Bill Bush: A Revolution in Clay: This Artweek.LA (January 16, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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One of these is the Vanitas panting, a type of symbolic work of art meant for humanity to reflect upon the temporariness of life and morality.
Bill Bush: A Revolution in Clay: This Artweek.LA (January 16, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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One of these is the Vanitas panting, a type of symbolic work of art meant for humanity to reflect upon the temporariness of life and morality.
Bill Bush: A Revolution in Clay: This Artweek.LA (January 16, 2012) Bill Bush 2012
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Ed Hardy's clothing line of pop culture art is a major thematic [u][b]ed hardy UK[/u][/b] expression of coolness and informality as a remedy to a world gone mad with materialism, consumerism, temporariness, immorality and mental insanity.
BSNYC "Summer Reese's" Announcement! (and Friday Fun Quiz!) BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I realize the Jewish belief in the temporariness of the diaspora was and often still is the basis of accusations of dual loyalty.
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Links: data.govt, temporariness, paywall wait | The Evolving Newsroom says:
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Temporary art is something that I've always been drawn to, with a particular appreciation *for* its temporariness.
Eternity in an hour Bettina Tizzy 2009
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Tokyo has recruited foreigners for work-study schemes and training programs designed to "perpetuate the myth of temporariness," says Wayne Cornelius, an immigration expert at the University of California, San Diego.
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