Precarity

//pɹəˈkɛɹɪti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of precariousness. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare. countable, uncountable

    "A phenomenon that catches a general tendency towards obscurity is what Standing calls "uptitling" - to give a job a high-sounding epithet to conceal its precarity and, I would say, its substance."

Synonyms

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insecurityprecariousness

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"A phenomenon that catches a general tendency towards obscurity is what Standing calls "uptitling" - to give a job a high-sounding epithet to conceal its precarity and, I would say, its substance."

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin precārietās. By surface analysis, precarious + -ity, leading to the syncopation.

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