Synonym: asceticism, nonindulgence. Similar words: posterity, austere, exhausted, asperity, cluster, criteria, hysteria, lackluster. Meaning: [ɒ'sterətɪ] n. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
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61. It can take stringent austerity measures.
62. Martin became accustomed to a life of great austerity.
63. The advent of war led to a greater austerity.
64. Austerity was a new idea at Chrysler.
65. Foreign investments are not affected by austerity measures.
66. Salvation lay in socialism, virtuous austerity and nonalignment.
67. Say, how's this for socialist austerity?
68. Players are demanding that their clubs pay a new super tax on high earners imposed by the Italian government as part of its latest austerity package.
69. Left-leaning analysts have been quick to take issue with that argument, saying that fiscal austerity perpetuates joblessness, and have been attacking economists associated with it.
70. The surprise downgrade of Italy's sovereign debt overnight by Standard and Poor's exposes the fatal flaws of pushing through draconian austerity measures on a nation experiencing economic weakness.
71. In this isolation you do achieve certain powers, a certain quality of austerity and abstemiousness, which give a sense of power.
72. The public has continually rejected austerity measures[sentencedict.com], making leaving the euro more likely than ever for the southern European nation.
73. The Greeks have met the terms of their fiscal austerity program.
74. It did nothing to reconcile widening divisions, particularly between Europeans and Americans, over the merits of short-term budget austerity.
75. As far as an austerity program, here in Ireland, this is it - 138 pages of details of how the Irish government will cut spending and raise taxes.
76. Italian Parliament is expected this week to rush through the drafting of the austerity program.
77. The idea that imposing austerity is political hara-kiri is widely held.
78. The economy contracted 0.5% in the fourth quarter,[sentence dictionary] reviving fears that the austerity program introduced by the coalition government may derail the economic recovery.
79. And with civil servants hard-hit by the latest round of austerity cuts, working to rule has become the norm.
80. If the news headlines are filling you with the dread of creditors deserting countries, multilateral bailouts, swingeing austerity and job threats, that's not the complete story.
81. What would you rather have : Austerity Britain or Weimar Germany?
82. If Italy deteriorates, Spain would likely follow, and even greater pressure would be placed on France, which already has initiated an austerity program to preserve its AAA rating.
83. But has the chief promotor of national austerity missed a trick?
84. M. Mabeuf, in his venerable, infantile austerity, had not accepted the gift of the stars; he had not admitted that a star could coin itself into louis d'or.
85. Their will be no "moral hazard" from this bail out because the austerity program being forced on the Greeks and others will be no picnic.
86. But forced austerity has triggered big drops in national outputs, so the debt burdens become even more unsupportable.
87. Spain, in the gun sights of the bond vigilantes, could not avoid being shorn of Fitch's triple-A rating, although parliament approved the government's austerity program -- by one vote.
88. How the Italians are facing up to austerity with a stiff upper lip!
89. Tergiversate, which dates back to 1645, edged out several other words related to ongoing economic troubles, including austerity, occupy, and jobs.
90. Austerity, a second and unappetising choice, can easily choke recovery.
More similar words: posterity, austere, exhausted, asperity, cluster, criteria, hysteria, lackluster, filibuster, hysterics, hysterical, mysterious, administering, esterification, exhaust, austria, austrian, exhausting, exhaustion, inherit, claustrophobic, heritage, minority, meritocracy, sustenance, priority, security, authority, celebrity, integrity.