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Pope Francis has stressed humility and austerity - a far cry, according to many, from the predecessor's bling and Ferragamo shoes - those were pretty entertaining. And he's translating all of that into a policy agenda.
Ronan Farrow

Meaning of "austerity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUSTERITY

austerity  [ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUSTERITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Austerity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AUSTERITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

austerity

Austerity

In economics, austerity describes policies used by governments to reduce budget deficits during adverse economic conditions. These policies may include spending cuts, tax increases, or a mixture of the two. Austerity policies may be attempts to demonstrate governments' fiscal discipline to their creditors and credit rating agencies by bringing revenues closer to expenditures; they may also be politically or ideologically driven. In macroeconomics, reducing government deficits generally increases unemployment in the short run. This increases safety net spending and reduces tax revenues, partially offsetting the austerity measures. Government spending contributes to gross domestic product, so reducing spending may result in a higher debt-to-GDP ratio, a key measure of the debt burden carried by a country and its citizens. Higher short-term deficit spending contributes to GDP growth particularly when consumers and businesses are unwilling or unable to spend. This is because crowding out is less of a factor in a downturn, as there may be a surplus of savings. There are other views contrary to traditional macroeconomic theory.

Definition of austerity in the English dictionary

The first definition of austerity in the dictionary is the state or quality of being austere. Other definition of austerity is an austere habit, practice, or act. Austerity is also reduced availability of luxuries and consumer goods, esp when brought about by government policy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUSTERITY


alterity
ɔːlˈtɛrɪtɪ
ambidexterity
ˌæmbɪdɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
asperity
æˈspɛrɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
celerity
sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ
charity
ˈtʃærɪtɪ
coprosperity
ˌkəʊprɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
dexterity
dɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
ferity
ˈfɛrɪtɪ
majority
məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ
minority
maɪˈnɒrɪtɪ
posterity
pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
pretty
ˈprɪtɪ
procerity
prəʊˈsɛrɪtɪ
prosperity
prɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
security
sɪˈkjʊərɪtɪ
sinisterity
ˌsɪnɪˈstɛrɪtɪ
temerity
tɪˈmɛrɪtɪ
verity
ˈvɛrɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUSTERITY

auspices
auspicious
auspiciously
auspiciousness
Aussat
Aussie
Aussie battler
Aust.
Austen
austenite
austenitic
austenitic stainless steel
Auster
austere
austerely
austereness
austerities
Austerlitz
Austin
austral

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUSTERITY

breach of security
clarity
homeland security
in the majority
indexterity
insincerity
integrity
inverity
jequerity
legerity
maturity
priority
purity
queerity
severity
similarity
sincerity
social security
solidarity
sorority

Synonyms and antonyms of austerity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AUSTERITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «austerity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of austerity

Translation of «austerity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUSTERITY

Find out the translation of austerity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of austerity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «austerity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

严峻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

austeridad
570 millions of speakers

English

austerity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तपस्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَقَشُّف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экономия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

austeridade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঠোরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

austérité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjimatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strenge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳格さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엄격함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Austerity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự khắc khổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிக்கன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तपस्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tasarruf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

austerità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

surowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суворість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

austeritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιτότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soberheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allvar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strenghet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of austerity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUSTERITY»

The term «austerity» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.976 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUSTERITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «austerity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «austerity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about austerity

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10 QUOTES WITH «AUSTERITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word austerity.
1
Joyce Banda
But the fact that we had to devalue by 40% at once means that Malawians are feeling the shock, the impact of that huge devaluation and particularly rural people, the poor are the ones that are going to be most affected. That is why there is the austerity plan.
2
Susanne Bier
Having done a Dogme film taught me the beauty of simplicity and austerity.
3
Chanakya
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
4
Ray Dalio
A beautiful deleveraging balances the three options. In other words, there is a certain amount of austerity, there is a certain amount of debt restructuring, and there is a certain amount of printing of money. When done in the right mix, it isn't dramatic.
5
Alistair Darling
Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.
6
Arne Duncan
Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.
7
Ronan Farrow
Pope Francis has stressed humility and austerity - a far cry, according to many, from the predecessor's bling and Ferragamo shoes - those were pretty entertaining. And he's translating all of that into a policy agenda.
8
Kenneth Fisher
Italians have always had a high savings rate. They love putting their money into their own government bonds - even more than in houses, stocks and gold. The higher rates climb, the happier they are to invest. So if austerity plans drive rates up, it's music to Italian ears.
9
Bill Gross
Bond investors want growth much like equity investors, and to the extent that too much austerity leads to recession or stagnation then credit spreads widen out - even if a country can print its own currency and write its own cheques.
10
Francois Hollande
Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUSTERITY»

Discover the use of austerity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to austerity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
In Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Mark Blyth, a renowned scholar of political economy, provides a powerful and trenchant account of the shift toward austerity policies by governments throughout the world since 2009.
Mark Blyth, 2013
2
The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills - Recessions, Budget ...
The result, as pioneering public health experts David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu reveal in this provocative book, is that many countries have turned their recessions into veritable epidemics, ruining or extinguishing thousands of lives in a ...
David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu, 2013
3
The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
One of our most prescient political observers provides a sobering account of how pitched battles over scarce resources will increasingly define American politics in the coming years—and how we might avoid, or at least mitigate, the damage ...
Thomas Byrne Edsall, 2012
4
Austerity in Britain : Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, ...
Austerity in Britain is the first book to explore the entire episode of rationing, austerity, and fair shares from 1939 until 1955.
Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, 2000
5
Class Inequality in Austerity Britain: Power, Difference and ...
This volume subjects this pledge to critical interrogation by exposing the interests behind the policy program pursued and their damaging effects on class inequalities.
Will Atkinson, Steven Roberts, Mike Savage, 2012
6
Coping with Austerity: Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
"Series of well-written articles examines regional poverty and income distribution. Includes separate articles on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, as well as over 150 tables.
Nora Lustig, 1995
7
Austerity Motoring: From Armistice to the Mid-Fifties
After Armistice the motor industry built cars for export and new vehicles were largely, unavailable for the home market.
Malcolm Bobbitt, 2004
8
Debtors' Prison: The Politics of Austerity Versus Possibility
Robert Kuttner makes the most powerful argument to date that these are the wrong questions and that austerity is the wrong answer.
Robert Kuttner, 2013
9
Transatlantic Policymaking in an Age of Austerity: Diversity ...
Transatlantic Policymaking in an Age of Austerity integrates the study of politics and public policy across a broad spectrum of regulatory and social welfare policies in the United States and several nations of Western Europe.
Martin A. Levin, Martin Shapiro, 2004
10
Policing in an age of austerity: A postcolonial perspective
This book also investigates the knock-on effect on other public agencies of diminished police contribution to public well-being.
Graham Ellison, Mike Brogden, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUSTERITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term austerity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
German conservatives are destroying Europe with austerity, says …
German conservatives are on course to destroy Europe with their commitment to continent-wide austerity, one of the world's most influential ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Greece stands defiant as no vote rails against wrenching austerity
Democracy in Greece spoke on Sunday and the response was a resounding “no” to demands for more of the excoriating austerity that over five ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
All of Greece partied last night after rejecting austerity
Sunday's vote in Greece was the act of a country rejecting austerity, but still clinging on to the euro, saying no to the particular conditions of a ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
4
Greece can't take more austerity: UN debt expert
Imposing more austerity measures will only cause more social unreast and lessen the chance of an economic recovery, a United Nations debt ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
5
Greeks vote 'no' to reject demands for tougher austerity debt measures
The ASX/S&P 200 and All Ordinaries fell by 1.7 per cent in early Monday trade in response to the resounding 'No' vote to the austerity ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
6
In rejecting austerity, Greek voters force Germany's hand
So much for hirudotherapy. That's bloodletting with leeches to you and me. The practice goes back centuries; even Hippocrates, the ancient ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
7
Greek crisis: 'Austerity politics rejected by popular vote, new path for …
Austerity policies have been overwhelmingly rejected by popular vote in ... critical weeks lie ahead for Greece's leftist anti-austerity government. «RT, Jul 15»
8
Greek no voters protest against pain of austerity but concerns for …
No campaign supporters celebrate in Athens after the first exit polls of the referendum on rejecting austerity measures showed them in the lead. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Latin America celebrates Greek austerity 'No' vote
More than 60 percent of Greek voters said a resounding "No" to further austerity measures in return for bailout funds in a Sunday referendum ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
10
Paul Krugman Cheers Greece's 'No' Vote On Austerity
In his Sunday New York Times column, the Nobel Prize-winning economist compared European leaders' demand for more austerity measures ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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