austerity
noun
[ ɒˈstɛrɪti ]
• sternness or severity of manner or attitude.
• "he was noted for his austerity and his authoritarianism"
Similar:
sternness,
austereness,
severity,
strictness,
grimness,
seriousness,
sombreness,
graveness,
gravity,
soberness,
stiffness,
dourness,
flintiness,
stoniness,
steeliness,
• difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure.
• "the country was subjected to acute economic austerity"
Similar:
restraint,
moderation,
economy,
severity,
abstemiousness,
frugality,
rigour,
continence,
self-abnegation,
self-denial,
self-deprivation,
self-restraint,
caution,
prudence,
providence,
canniness,
hardship,
privation,
deprivation,
penury,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French austérité, from Latin austeritas, from austerus ‘severe’ (see austere).
