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无常 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • irregular adj Not following a regular pattern, schedule, or set of rules.
  • nonstandard adj Not standard.

Senses

无常 is used for these senses in English:

  • anicca (Buddhism) Impermanence, the doctrine claiming that all of conditioned existence, without exception, is transient. One of the three marks of existence.
  • irregular Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
  • nonstandard Not standard.

irregular — full definition

  1. adj Not following a regular pattern, schedule, or set of rules.
  2. adj In grammar, not following the standard patterns of conjugation or inflection.

nonstandard — full definition

  1. adj Not standard.
  2. adj Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.