permanence.

The condition of lasting indefinitely rather than being temporary.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• sense of permanence
• permanence of change

On the page

Stone gave the temporary settlement an appearance of permanence.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.