General term for permanent or non-permanent

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As the title states. I'm looking for a general term for permanent, temporary, etc. The best I could come up with so far is permanence, although after I looked at the definition I'm not sure that really makes sense.

Jason Bassford · Answer

A general term (which doesn't imply either side of the scale) is duration:

[Merriam-Webster]
2 : the time during which something exists or lasts
// were there for the duration of the concert

An example sentence more suited to the question is the following:

Does it have a temporary or permanent duration?

In a form, duration could also be filled in with a particular time period.

General term for permanent or non-permanent

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