constancy
noun
Simple meaning
Being enduring and free from change or variation.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɑnstənsi
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Definition
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noun
The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
“Early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds.”
uncountable
The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
countable
An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient
- Frequency
- Rare
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
Used this way, constancy is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It turns up most in ethics or values and relationships contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Gentle
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Affectionate
- Usage feel
- Precise and approving
Where it naturally appears
- Ethics/values
- Relationships
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “Early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds.”noun
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Compound terms
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The tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions.
The tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation.
The tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of…
The tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination.
The tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the…
The tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions.
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Antonyms
Sense: being enduring and free from change
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