austerity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
Sourness and harshness to the taste.

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From Ancient Greek αὐστηρότης (austērótēs, “bitter, harsh”). Morphologically austere + -ity.

comfort

austere austerely austeriate

antiausterity austeritarian

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