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Definition of Austerity
1. Noun. The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
Generic synonyms: Self-denial, Self-discipline
Specialized synonyms: Monasticism
Derivative terms: Austere, Nonindulgent
Definition of Austerity
1. n. Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Definition of Austerity
1. Noun. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. ¹
2. Noun. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity. ¹
3. Noun. (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, lower spending, and a reduction in the amount of benefits and public services provided. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Austerity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Austerity
Literary usage of Austerity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Banking Sector Reform and Credit Control in China by Eric Girardin (1997)
"All this implies that the transmission mechanisms through which austerity policies
affect investment are complex. Investment reduction is brought about by a ..."
2. A Selection of English Synonyms by Elizabeth Jane Whately, Richard Whately (1860)
"austerity ' and ' strictness' are the only ones among these terms which apply to
... austerity' is chiefly used in reference to the person characterized. ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"austerity OF POETRY That son of Italy who tried to blow,1 Ere Dante came, the
trump of sacred song, In his light youth amid a festal throng Sate with his ..."
4. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"austerity OF POETRY THAT son of Italy who tried to blow, Ere Dante саше, the
trump of sacred song. In his light youth amid a festal throng Sate with his ..."
5. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"Such, poets, is your bride, the Muse! young, gay, Radiant, adorn'd outside; a
hidden ground Of thought and of austerity within. [From Memorial Verses. ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... a regular force of cavalry and infantry for the defence LV1!I' of Palestine.
The austerity of the convent soon eva- ч-*~^>"' porated in ..."
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