ephemerality

American  

[ih-fem-uh-ral-i-tee] / ɪˌfɛm əˈræl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

ephemeralities

1. the quality or condition of being ephemeral.

2. something transitory.

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Etymology

Origin of ephemerality

First recorded in 1815–25; ephemeral + -ity

Example Sentences

Perhaps Safdie isn’t trying to do anything more than introduce a new generation to Kerr, and throw out some feeble, last-minute ideas about the ephemerality of violent sports glory, as the film’s ending would suggest.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 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

And from Conceptualism, he adopted a material ideal that Minimalism seemed designed to resist: ephemerality.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

“The idea of the going-out top is sort of inherently linked to ephemerality and experimentation,” Idacavage says.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 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