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From transitory +‎ -ness.

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transitoriness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being transitory.
    • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 12, page 198:
      Nor certainly is Pindar blind to the more pathetic aspects of humanity—its transitoriness, its sorrows, its ignorance, its moral frailty []
    • 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 10, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
      The transitoriness perhaps makes viral content the most representative form of culture in the twenty-first century: []

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