permanence

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Fixed nature

Nouns

1. permanence, stability, immutability, fixity; persistence, durability, duration; constancy, perpetuity, status quo; tenure, tenure-track.

2. preservation; conservatism, establishment; law of the Medes and the Persians; conservative, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud, diehard, fogy, right-winger, nonprogressive, Tory, Hunker, fixture. Informal, holdout, standpatter. Slang, mossback, fuddy-duddy, troglodyte.

Verbs — persist, remain, stay; hold [out], hold on; last, endure, [a]bide, maintain, keep; stand [fast]; subsist, survive; hold one's ground, hold good, stand pat.

Adjectives — permanent, stable, fixed, standing, immovable, immutable, established, settled, steadfast; constant, eternal, lifelong, lasting, durable, persistent, unending, perpetual, monotonous; unfading, unfailing, etc.; invariable, indelible, indestructible, inextinguishable, intact, inviolate; conservative, reactionary, right-wing; stationary; rootbound.

Adverbs — in statu quo, as usual; at a standstill, permanently, finally, for good, forever. Slang, until hell freezes over.

Quotations — Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal (Walter Lippman), What's done cannot be undone (Shakespeare).

Antonyms, see change.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. continuity, Dependability, durability, immutability; see stability 1 .