austerity
Senso (Inglese)
- (countable, uncountable) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
- (countable, uncountable) Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
- (countable, uncountable) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Concetti
sinonimi
austerity engine
austerity engine
sterness
voluntary privation
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Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/
Etimologia (Inglese)
From Ancient Greek αὐστηρότης (austērótēs, “bitter, harsh”). Morphologically austere + -ity.
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