austerity

  • 31austerity — /aw ster i tee/, n., pl. austerities. 1. austere quality; severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness. 2. Usually, austerities. ascetic practices: austerities of monastery life. 3. strict economy. [1300 50; ME austerite < AF, OF austerite < L&#8230; …

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  • 32austerity — noun a) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. b) Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity. Ant …

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  • 33austerity — {{hw}}{{austerity}}{{/hw}}s. f. inv. (econ.) Austerità …

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  • 34austerity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sternness, severity, strictness, harshness, asperity, hardness, grimness, stiffness, seriousness, rigidity, uncompromisingness, formality, gravity, rigor, asceticism, self denial, self discipline, abstemiousness, puritanism …

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  • 35Austerity — Aus|te|ri|ty 〈 [ɔstɛ̣rıtı] f.; Gen.: ; Pl.: unz.; Politik〉 wirtschaftl. Sparsamkeit [Etym.: engl., »Strenge, Härte«] …

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  • 36austerity — aus·ter·i·ty || É’ sterÉ™tɪ n. modesty; ascetic simplicity …

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  • 37austerity — n. Severity, rigor, sternness, harshness, asceticism, rigidity, rigidness, strictness, formality, stiffness, inflexibility …

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  • 38austerity — n 1. severity, harshness, asperity, strictness; hardness, sternness, grimness, seriousness, sobriety, soberness; formality, stiffness, inflexibility, unbendingness, rigidity, rigidness, tightness, rigor, rig orousness; relentlessness,&#8230; …

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  • 39austerity — aus·ter·i·ty …

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  • 40austerity — [ɔːˈsterəti] noun [U] 1) a bad economic situation in which people do not have much money 2) the quality of being austere …

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