austeritynoun
uk/ɔːˈster.ə.ti/us/ˈɑː.ster.ə.t̬i/[ C or U ] the condition of living without unnecessary things and without comfort, with limited money or goods, or a practice, habit, or experience that is typical of this:
The wartime austerity of my early years prepared me for later hardships.
The austerities of life in a small rural community were not what I was used to.
[ U ] a difficult economic situation caused by a government reducing the amount of money it spends:
People protested in the streets against austerity.
The government today announced new austerity measures.
[ U ] the quality of being austere in appearance or manner:
the austerity of her short hair and plain grey suit
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plain and ordinary
- as it comes idiom
- austere
- be a dime a dozen idiom
- be two/ten a penny idiom
- boilerplate
- dime
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- humdrum
- kitchen-sink
- middle-of-the-road
- penny
- shout
- simple
- something/nothing to shout about idiom
- spartan
- stale
- stark
- starkly
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