ephemerality

American  

[ih-fem-uh-ral-i-tee] / ɪˌfɛm əˈræl ɪ ti /

noun

ephemeralities plural

1. the quality or condition of being ephemeral.

2. something transitory.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• ephemeralities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ephemerality

First recorded in 1815–25; ephemeral + -ity

Example Sentences

The company prizes ephemerality in a quasi-Buddhist way: They treat their pieces like mandalas, spending a month gathering grains of sand only to blow them away at the end.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

For those who have forgotten about Deen’s massive, global reach prior to her undoing, the movie is an eye-popping reminder of celebrity ephemerality.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

In “See Through,” artists Nadia Ahmed and Shannon Hobbs work with wax to examine the ephemerality of relationships.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

And from Conceptualism, he adopted a material ideal that Minimalism seemed designed to resist: ephemerality.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

In a newspaper office, where one impression so quickly and inevitably obliterates another, sensation is startling only in the fact of its ephemerality.

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