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

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

Narrated by Kausar in vignettes, often in staccato sentences, and interspersed with poetic flashbacks from the perspective of the father and mother, this fragmentary form has the effect of ephemerality — much like life.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023

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

Design projects this sense of immediacy and ephemerality not only through T-shirts or the Internet.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai