Transience
(noun)
The quality or condition of being transient; impermanence.
Origin:
Late 16th century: from french transience or latin transientia, from transire "to pass over".
Examples:
- The transience of youth was a poignant reminder that time was fleeting.
- The transience of life was a common theme in the artist's work.
- The transience of fame was something the celebrity was well aware of.
- The transience of beauty was a bitter lesson the model had learned early in her career.
- The transience of happiness was a concept that the philosopher struggled with in his writings.