austerity

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

austérité

sévérité

dignité

restriction

rigidité

sérieux

solennité

continence

rigueur

ascèse

Austérité

ascétisme

Synonymes

severity

sternness

strictness

rigour

asceticism

rigor

severeness

nonindulgence

harshness

austereness

simplicity

starkness

stringency

austerity engine

austerity engine

inhospitableness

nakedness

plainness

reduce

restraint

retrench

rigid

rigorism

rusticity

seriousness

severe

simpleness

singleness

solemnity

sterness

thrift

tighten

artlessness

frugalness

voluntary privation

violence

vehemence

astringency

bareness

chasteness

chastity

compression

condensation

contract

crudeness

dignity

earnestness

frugality

gravity

homeliness

Traductions

austerità

austeridad

Strenge

austeridade

strengheid

Härte

Einschränkung

αυστηρότητα

απλότητα

Austerität

austēritās

limitazione

λιτότητα

Entbehrung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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