Permacrisis

//ˈpɜː(ɹ)məˌkɹaɪsɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A permanent crisis, one that continually drags on.

    "Europe 1992 must be understood as an effort by European governments and business elites to meet the permacrisis of slowed growth and higher levels of unemployment; respond to the changing American and Japanese capabilities; and promote their collective position in the international order."

Example

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"Europe 1992 must be understood as an effort by European governments and business elites to meet the permacrisis of slowed growth and higher levels of unemployment; respond to the changing American and Japanese capabilities; and promote their collective position in the international order."

Etymology

From perma- + crisis.

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