permanency
[pur-muh-nuh n-see]
- permanence.
- something that is permanent.
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Origin of permanency
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Examples from the Web for permanency
Contemporary Examples
Traditional American notion of independence, permanency and identity with neighborhood are given short shrift in this approach.
Do the dolls help instill a sense of permanency to the collections?
The project raises questions about the permanency of contemporary art.
Historical Examples
There was no family, and there could be no permanency of civilization.
He was now aware that he had based all upon a permanency of income that he had conceived to be fixed.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
Perhaps the most notable feature of this period was a preoccupation with permanency.
Greener Than You ThinkWard Moore
A piece of ground that belonged to them, on which they could plant their feet, permanency.
Land of the Burnt ThighEdith Eudora Kohl
There is often, therefore, a lack of permanency in these positions.
The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should KnowThomas Forsyth Hunt
permanency
- a person or thing that is permanent
- another word for permanence
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