permanence

American  

[pur-muh-nuhns] / ˈpɜr mə nəns /

noun

1. the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.

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permanence British  

/ ˈpɜːmənəns /

noun

1. the state or quality of being permanent

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Other Word Forms

• nonpermanence noun

Etymology

Origin of permanence

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word permanentia. See permanent, -ence

Example Sentences

But this is my third time back in Chicago as an adult, and the first that feels like more than a long layover — the first that’s starting to stitch itself into something like permanence.

From Salon

A meditation on construction, stone, concrete and the very concept of permanence, it is the latest challenge by Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky regarding the conventional ways people view the physical world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such tool use—notably hand letter-cutting in stone, producing forms like those we see on traditional monuments—stands for “materiality, for slowness, for permanence” in the face of boardroom brainstorming and assembly-line production.

From The Wall Street Journal

It raised a question, however, that would be raised again six months later: Why did the market suddenly distrust a giant Wall Street firm whose permanence it not so very long before took for granted?

From Literature

Morgan Private Bank, has prompted themes of permanence and environmental stewardship.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• perpetuation