transient [adjective]: brief and short-lived; momentary.
Example: The Buddha taught that both joys and sorrows were transient.
Related words: transiently [adverb], transience [noun]
Synonyms: brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fleeting, flitting, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transitory, vanishing
Antonyms: abiding, enduring, eternal, everlasting, lasting, long-lasting, perennial, perpetual, permanent
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