precarity

Meanings

1. Synonym of precariousness (“the state of being uncertain or unstable”); (countable) an instance of this.
2. The condition of existence without predictability or security, thus affecting material or psychological welfare; (countable) an instance of this.

Etymology

From precar(ious) + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives denoting the properties, qualities, or states of the adjectives), probably modelled after French précarité (“precariousness; existence without financial or social security”). Compare New Latin precārietās.