permanency
- n the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- Says Mary Beth Seader, vice president of the National Council for Adoption: "People don't trust the permanency of American adoption anymore.
- Seven years of reselection (with no further irradiation) assured the permanency of the new strains, readied them this year for Burpee's market.
- Style icon or not, the Taoiseach cuts a dash internationally with his decisive role in Northern Ireland's peace process, which, he says, has "turned a corner" toward permanency.