Conjuncture

//ˈkənd͡ʒʌŋkt͡ʃɚ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.

    "To be sitting, at so pleasant a conjuncture of one's courses, in oneself, by oneself, that I think it will freely be admitted is a way no worse than another, and better than some, of whiling away an instant of leisure."

  2. 2
    a critical combination of events or circumstances wordnet
  3. 3
    A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.

    "[I]n his later years, he [James II of England] repeatedly, at conjunctures such as have often inspired timorous and delicate women with heroic courage, showed a pusillanimous anxiety about his personal safety."

Etymology

From French conjoncture.

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