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

Perhaps Safdie isn’t trying to do anything more than introduce a new generation to Kerr, and throw out some feeble, last-minute ideas about the ephemerality of violent sports glory, as the film’s ending would suggest.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 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

You could argue that Gego’s work, too, is about ephemerality.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

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

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

I was distressed with a sense of ephemerality, of pale, erratic fragility.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)