Austerity, Austere
austerity (noun) -
a. Appearing plain, simple, empty, without a lot of activity
b. Reduced economic activity
c. Consumers saving rather than spending
d. Reduced living standards
austere (adjective) -
a. Plain and simple in appearance
b. Strict and serious
c. Simple living without luxuries
[Note: Both words can have good and bad meanings depending on context]
economic austerity
austere economic measures
austerity programme
an austerity plan
pull back an austerity plan
an austere regime stressing obedience to authority
the austerity of a room
austerity and dignity
classical austerity
tired of austerity
puritan austerity
an austere style
an austere style of architecture
editorial austerity
impose austerity
austerity compensated by
austere clothes
an austere taste
austere beauty
austere gorges
austere minimalism
austere and simple design
have an austere feel to it
an austere, distant, and cold person
lead an austere life
a man of austere and haughty temperament
Example sentences:
* Several years of economic austerity followed the war.
* Many abandoned buildings were scattered about the city, some of which had a certain classical austerity and dignity about them.
* The government was forced to pull back an austerity plan that involved across the board wage cuts for all government workers.
* She said she was tired of austerity programmes and had long lost interest in the puritan ethic that usually seemed to justify them.
* The austerity of their style of architecture is clearly a sign that they are disengaged from the market place.
* Management imposed two years of editorial austerity on the newspaper, or so it was claimed.
* The austerity of the priest's robes reminded the worshipper of the impermanence of life.
* The meagre furnishings and austerity of the room was compensated by a clutter of little knick knacks and decorations on every shelf.
* Monks typically lead a very austere life.
* The current government of the country was an austere regime stressing obedience to authority.
* The design of the monastery was austere and simple.
* I found her to be a rather austere, distant, cold person when I talked to her ocassionally.
* Nearly empty with only sparse furnishing,the room had an austere feel to it.
* When she moved in, she replaced the austere minimalism of the apartments decoration with her own touch of cosy warmth and colour.
* The Finance Minister advocated a very austere set of economic measures to control inflation.
* Mountain climbers seem to enjoy the austere beauty of sheer cliff faces.
* What an austere taste this tea has!
* All held him to be a man of austere and haughty temperament.
* The austere gorges in the middle of the lush jungle interior sent the group of tourists into a rapture of excitement.
