austerity

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sourness and harshness to the taste.

Übersetzungen

strengheid

αυστηρότητα

απλότητα

austēritās

λιτότητα

απλότης

Frequenz

32k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From Ancient Greek αὐστηρότης (austērótēs, “bitter, harsh”). Morphologically austere + -ity.

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