[
US
/ˈpɝmənəns/
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[ UK /pˈɜːmənəns/ ]
[ UK /pˈɜːmənəns/ ]
NOUN
- the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
How To Use permanence In A Sentence
- Japanese the type of permanence up to a generation ago, when he suddenly awoke and startled the world with a rejuvenescence the like of which the world had never seen before. The Yellow Peril
- The last and the real cause of their impenitence is the state of sin which they freely chose as their portion on earth and in which they passed, unconverted, into the next life and into that state of permanence (status termini) by nature due to rational creatures, and to an unchangeable attitude of mind. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
- Their greatness can perhaps be best measured in terms of their permanence.
- Whether discussing Lao Zhi from the East or Plato from the West, the ultimate layer of human reasoning seems to always hint at the balance and permanence of the universe.
- Now, it might seem strange that on the most subjective and transient mass medium ever invented, the criteria for "notability" should be objectivity and permanence. Glenn Kurtz: Unremarkable
- The permanence of images produced by the system are comparable to those produced by electrophotography.
- Their presence provided the basis for population permanence, and matrilocal or uxorilocal residence patterns featured strongly in shaping the contours of settlement. Gutenber-e Help Page
- For Zen, however, this need for permanence fossilizes what is both beautiful and sacred.
- Theravada, which I practice, is what I know best, and it seems to me that two fundamental concepts within Theravada that really couldn’t be smoothly reconciled with Hinduism without just sort of practicing two different things at the same time are anatta, or not-self, and anicca, impermanence. Another religious assault on education - The Panda's Thumb
- Does your "permanence" remark indicate a form of prenatal adoptionism or ensoulment, as you seem to prefer? Jesus the Mystic in the Gospel of John