impermanence meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

impermanence

noun

Etymology From Middle French impermanence, equivalent to im- + permanence.

Usually Lack of permanence or continued duration.

Usually The quality or state of being impermanent.

I watch the ripples change their size / But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and / So the days float through my eyes / But still the days seem the same1971, “Changes”, in Hunky Dory, performed by David Bowie:

Buddhism, Lifestyle, Religion Usually Anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.