Eurosclerosis
/ˌjʊərəʊsklɪˈrəʊsɪs/ /ˌjɔːrəʊsklɪˈrəʊsɪs/(also Eurosklerosis) Economics
noun
Economic stagnation and inflexibility of a type regarded as characteristic of (continental) Europe, attributed especially to over-regulation and excessive spending on social services.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Time. From Euro- + sclerosis, after German Eurosklerose.
- self-cleaning
- self-closing
- self-cocking
- self-colour
- self-coloured
- self-command
- self-compatible
- self-conceit
- self-conceited
- self-concept
- self-condemnation
- self-condemned
- self-condemning
- self-confessed
- self-confessedly
- self-confession
- self-confessional
- self-confidence
- self-confident
- self-confidently
- self-congratulation
- self-congratulatory
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness