austerity

Senso (Inglese)

  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.

Traduzioni

strengheid

αυστηρότητα

απλότητα

Austerität

austēritās

λιτότητα

Frequenza

32k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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

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