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(ɔːsterɪti)
Word forms: plural austerities
1. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
...an economic austerity programme.
...the years of austerity which followed the war.
Synonyms: asceticism, economy, rigidity, abstinence More Synonyms of austerity
2. uncountable noun
If you refer to something as showing austerity, you like its plain and simple appearance.
[formal, approval]
...many abandoned buildings, some of which have a compact classical austerity anddignity.
More Synonyms of austerity

austerity in British English

(ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1. 
the state or quality of being austere
2. (often plural)
an austere habit, practice, or act
3. 
a. 
reduced availability of luxuries and consumer goods, esp when brought about by government policy
b. 
(as modifier)
an austerity budget

austerity in American English

(ɔˈstɛrəti)
nounWord forms: plural ausˈterities
1. 
the quality or condition of being austere
2. 
an austere act, habit, practice, or manner
3. 
tightened economy, as because of shortages of consumer goods

COBUILD Collocations
austerity

fiscal austerity
post-war austerity

Examples of 'austerity' in a sentence
austerity

The Government says this austerity is essential to reduce the national debt.
The Sun (2016)
He also advised the Government on the austerity programme which actually turned out to be a disaster.
The Sun (2016)
As the UK austerity drive gets going, the focus on public sector spend has become razor sharp.
Computing (2010)
This brings me a full circle to our cultural resistance to simplicity and austerity.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The austerity package is needed to help to pay the debts left by the international bailout.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The precondition for negotiations over a third bailout will be more austerity and economic reforms.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The longer it continues the smaller the chances we have to avoid another round of austerity measures.
The Sun (2011)
Labour combined an incomes policy with an austerity policy.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989)
There is no need for another austerity budget.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Spain has also introduced a tough austerity programme to bring its deficit under control.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The country is facing a general strike next week as the popular revolt against austerity measures intensifies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Safety campaigners have warned of the dangers of cuts to road budgets under the austerity programme.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He thinks that the coalition is going too far with its austerity programme.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This weekend gloomy government talk of austerity and spending cuts stretching to the crack of doom has been temporarily suspended.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The man without a voice will be seen as the spokesman for those who have suffered during the austerity drive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Greece claims to have finalised an austerity package that will grant it an extra two years to meet fiscal targets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Throughout his life he continued to live in the conditions of austerity and simplicity that he had adopted as a monk.
Martin Manser COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS (2004)
And then the Government passes the problem on to the people with an austerity programme.
The Sun (2013)
But that doesn't make austerity a successful policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One scenario could see him attempt to stage a comeback as an untainted saviour when voters balk at the painful reality of economic austerity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Belgium ground to a halt yesterday after unions called a general strike to protest against the government 's austerity measures.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
More recently, government austerity measures have become a concern as healthcare spendingis targeted in an attempt to reduce deficits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They should give more moral and political support, holding summits in these countries and explaining to their people why austerity is necessary.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This was a welcome relief from Cold War austerity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
austerity

British English: austerity /ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ/ NOUN
Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
...the years of austerity that followed the war.
  • American English: austerity
  • Arabic: تَقَشُّف
  • Brazilian Portuguese: austeridade
  • Chinese: 严峻
  • Croatian: strogost
  • Czech: úsporná opatření v době krize
  • Danish: afmatning
  • Dutch: soberheid
  • European Spanish: austeridad
  • Finnish: ankaruus
  • French: austérité
  • German: Strenge
  • Greek: λιτότητα
  • Italian: austerità
  • Japanese: 厳格さ
  • Korean: 엄격함
  • Norwegian: strenghet
  • Polish: surowość
  • European Portuguese: austeridade
  • Romanian: austeritate
  • Russian: экономия
  • Latin American Spanish: austeridad
  • Swedish: allvar
  • Thai: ความเคร่งครัด
  • Turkish: darlık
  • Ukrainian: суворість
  • Vietnamese: sự khắc khổ

Chinese translation of 'austerity'

austerity

(ɔsˈtɛrɪtɪ)

n (u)

  1. (= hardship)
    time/period of austerity 经(經)济(濟)紧(緊)缩(縮)年代/时(時)期 (jīngjì jǐnsuō niándài/shíqī)
  2. (frm, = simplicity) 朴(樸)素 (pǔsù)
1 (noun) 
Definition
the state of being austere
abandoned buildings with a classical austerity
Synonyms
plainness
economy
simplicity
fussy details that ruin the simplicity of the design
severity
starkness
spareness
Spartanism
2 (noun) 
Definition
the state of being austere
the years of austerity which followed the war
Synonyms
asceticism
a life of uncompromising asceticism and absolute poverty
economy
rigidity
abstinence
six months of abstinence
self-discipline
chastity
sobriety
a lifetime of sobriety
continence
Everyone displays emotional continence but strong feelings swirl beneath the surface.
puritanism
the tight-lipped puritanism of the Scottish literary world
solemnity
self-denial
an unprecedented act of self-denial
strictness
abstemiousness
self-discipline, abstemiousness and family values
chasteness
exactingness
Spartanism
3 (noun) 
Definition
the state of being austere
Synonyms
sternness
gravity
There was an appealing gravity to everything she said.
seriousness
They had shown a commitment and a seriousness of purpose.
formality
severity
He was sickened by the severity of the sentence.
rigour
We need to address such challenging issues with rigour.
stiffness
hardness
Her hardness is balanced by a goofy humor.
coldness
harshness
They treated him with extreme harshness.
solemnity
the solemnity of the occasion
inflexibility
grimness
strictness
exactingness
forbiddingness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abstemiousness
self-discipline, abstemiousness and family values
Synonyms
temperance,
restraint,
austerity,
moderation,
plain or simple living,
self-control,
abstinence,
self-discipline,
sobriety,
continence,
self-denial,
self-restraint,
forbearance,
asceticism,
frugality
in the sense of abstinence
Definition
the practice of choosing not to do something one would like
six months of abstinence
Synonyms
abstention,
continence,
temperance,
self-denial,
self-restraint,
forbearance,
refraining,
avoidance,
moderation,
sobriety,
asceticism,
teetotalism,
abstemiousness,
soberness
in the sense of continence
Everyone displays emotional continence but strong feelings swirl beneath the surface.
Synonyms
self-restraint,
moderation,
self-control,
celibacy,
abstinence,
chastity,
temperance,
asceticism

Synonyms of 'austerity'

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