evanescence
[ ev-uh-nes-uhns ]
noun
the quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly; impermanence: the evanescence of dreams.
the act or fact of vanishing quickly: The target audience is left only with the dominant message after the evanescence of the advertisement.
Origin of evanescence
1Words that may be confused with evanescence
- evanescence , evaporation, liquefaction, melting, thawing, transpiration, vaporization
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How to use evanescence in a sentence
He knew the loveliness in a profile, he saw always the evanescences of light upon light and purposeless things.
Adventures in the Arts | Marsden Hartley
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