austerity
noun
uk
/ɔːˈster.ə.ti/ us
/ˈɑː.ster.ə.t̬i/ The government today announced new austerity measures.
Meaning of austerity in English
(Definition of austerity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of austerity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
austerity | Business English
ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT
a situation in which a government spends as little money as possible because of bad economic conditions:
Examples of austerity
austerity
One notices a tendency to expect from these parents austerities and a willingness to make sacrifices of a very severe character.
From the
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There must surely be some limit to the enjoyment of such austerities.
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Such austerities are undertaken according to the physical and mental limits of the individual ascetic.
Only the practice of austerities and self-control can modify or alleviate the consequences of karma.
Whatever time could be spared from his active duties was given up to contemplation, to fastings, watchings, disciplines, and other austerities.
He immersed himself in spiritual pursuits like meditation and austerities and his health broke down.
He had recently retired from teaching and wanted to put behind him the more rigid austerities of university life.
Finally, that happened after thirty years of austerities and intense searching.
Jainism has often been described as an ascetic movement for its strong emphasis on self-control, austerities and renunciation.
Issues of economic austerity and handling international pressure were both centralizing.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The period began with wages depressed by the world crisis of 1930s and the austerity of the war.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
She was very pious, and always practiced austerities and devotion.
Since then healthcare expenditure has declined slightly as a result of austerity measures.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
They had fiercely opposed the austerity policy and tried to depict it as unfair and a clamp-down against the weakest in society.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
On account of happiness and pleasures, the religion, renunciation and austerities was not possible.
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austérité…
sadelik, yalınlık…
soberheid…
prostota…
enkelhed, beskedenhed…
kesederhanaan…
ความเคร่งครัด, ความมัธยัสถ์…
sự mộc mạc…
surowe warunki, surowość…
stränghet, stramhet…
kesederhanaan…
die Strenge…
barskhet, strenghet…
суворість, аскетизм…
austerità, severità…
