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PERMANENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
Synonyms:
permanence; permanency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("permanence" is a kind of...):
duration; length (continuance in time)
Attribute:
lasting; permanent (continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place)
impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permanence"):
perpetuity; sempiternity (the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless))
durability; enduringness; lastingness; strength (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)
imperishability; imperishableness; imperishingness (the property of being resistant to decay)
perdurability (the property of being extremely durable)
immortality (the quality or state of being immortal)
Antonym:
impermanence (the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations)
Derivation:
permanent (continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place)
