constancy

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noun

1. the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation (Freq. 1)
- early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
• Syn:
stability
• Ant:
inconstancy
• Derivationally related forms:
stable (for: stability), constant
• Hypernyms:
changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
• Hyponyms:
invariance, metastability, monotony
• Attrubites:
constant, inconstant
2. (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
• Syn:
perceptual constancy
• Topics:
psychology, psychological science
• Hypernyms:
perception
• Hyponyms:
brightness constancy, color constancy, colour constancy, shape constancy, size constancy
3. faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)
• Derivationally related forms:
constant
• Hypernyms:
fidelity, faithfulness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  perceptual constancy, stability
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  inconstancy, changefulness