The fiscal austerity may lead to an overkill of the economy.
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Austerity
//ɔˈstɛɹɪti//
Synonyms for "austerity" (141 found)
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66 translations across 32 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- austerity noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
Bulgarian
3 entries- стипчивост noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
- строгост noun (severity of manners or life)
- суровост noun (severity of manners or life)
Catalan
2 entries- austeritat noun (severity of manners or life)
- austeritat noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 緊縮 /紧缩 noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Czech
4 entries- omezení noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- přísnost noun (severity of manners or life)
- utahování opasků noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- úspornost noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Danish
2 entries- stramhed noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
- strenghed noun (severity of manners or life)
Dutch
1 entries- bezuiniging noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Esperanto
1 entries- severŝparado noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Finnish
3 entries- ankaruus noun (severity of manners or life)
- karuus noun (severity of manners or life)
- talouskuri noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
French
3 entries- austérité noun (severity of manners or life)
- austérité noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
- austérité noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Galician
2 entries- austeridade noun (severity of manners or life)
- austeridade noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
German
4 entries- Austerität noun (severity of manners or life)
- Austerität noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- Einschränkung noun (severity of manners or life)
- Genügsamkeit noun (severity of manners or life)
Greek
2 entries- αυστηρότητα noun (severity of manners or life)
- λιτότητα noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Hebrew
1 entries- צֶנַע noun (severity of manners or life)
Hungarian
1 entries- megszorítás noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Icelandic
2 entries- harka noun (severity of manners or life)
- strangleiki noun (severity of manners or life)
Irish
1 entries- déine noun (severity of manners or life)
Italian
2 entries- austerità noun (severity of manners or life)
- austerità noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Japanese
1 entries- 緊縮財政 noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Korean
2 entries- 긴축 noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- 긴축재정 noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Latin
2 entries- austēritās noun (severity of manners or life)
- austēritās noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- stramhet noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
- strenghet noun (severity of manners or life)
Polish
2 entries- polityka zaciskania pasa noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- surowość noun (severity of manners or life)
Portuguese
1 entries- austeridade noun (severity of manners or life)
Romanian
1 entries- austeritate noun (severity of manners or life)
Russian
3 entries- сдерживающая фискальная политика noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- стро́гость noun (severity of manners or life)
- суро́вость noun (severity of manners or life)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तपस् noun (severity of manners or life)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cruadal noun (severity of manners or life)
- teanntachd noun (severity of manners or life)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- oporost noun (severity of manners or life)
- oporost noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
- oštrina noun (sourness and harshness to the taste)
- surovost noun (severity of manners or life)
Spanish
2 entries- austeridad noun (severity of manners or life)
- austeridad noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Swedish
4 entries- stränghet noun (severity of manners or life)
- svångremspolitik noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- åtstramning noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
- åtstramningspolitik noun (policy of deficit-cutting: reduce spending and/or raise taxes)
Welsh
1 entries- llymder noun (severity of manners or life)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Fiscal austerity is considered to be an answer to the rampant inflation.
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What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.
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The austerity measures that many city governments have implemented are hugely unpopular.
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