Meaning & use
evanescence
The quality of fading away quickly or disappearing like vapor.
See it in a sentence
The evanescence of morning mist over the lake made the scene feel almost magical.
She wrote about the evanescence of youth, gone before we truly notice its passing.
A note on using this word
Evanescence is a formal, literary word; everyday speech usually just says something fades or disappears quickly.
Words with a similar meaning
transiencefleetingness
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Words with an opposite meaning
permanence
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