English-Thai Dictionary

austerity

N ความ มัธยัสถ์  khwam-ma-tha-yad

 

austerity

N ความเคร่งครัด  strictness sternness severity khwam-khreng-khrad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AUSTERITY

n.[L. austeritas.] Severity of manners or life; rigor; strictness; harsh discipline. It is particularly applied to the mortifications of a monastic life, which are called austerities.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AUSTERITY

Aus *ter "i *ty, n.; pl. Austplwies (. Etym: [F. austérité, L.austerias, fr. austerus. See Austere. ]

 

1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [Obs. ] Horsley.

 

2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton.

 

3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

austerity

aus ter i ty |ôˈsteritē ɔˈstɛrədi | ▶noun ( pl. austerities ) sternness or severity of manner or attitude: he was noted for his austerity and his authoritarianism. • extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance: the room was decorated with a restraint bordering on austerity. • (austerities ) conditions characterized by severity, sternness, or asceticism: a simple life of prayer and personal austerity. • difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce a budget deficit, esp. by reducing public expenditure: a period of austerity | [ as modifier ] : austerity measures. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French austérité, from Latin austeritas, from austerus ‘severe ’ (see austere ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

austerity

aus ¦ter |ity |ɒˈstɛrɪti, ɔː -| ▶noun ( pl. austerities ) [ mass noun ] 1 sternness or severity of manner or attitude: he was noted for his austerity and his authoritarianism. • plainness and simplicity in appearance: the room was decorated with a restraint bordering on austerity. • [ count noun ] (usu. austerities ) a feature of an austere way of life: his uncle's austerities had undermined his health. 2 difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure: the country was subjected to acute economic austerity | [ count noun ] (austerities ) : the austerities of post-war London. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French austérité, from Latin austeritas, from austerus ‘severe ’ (see austere ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

austerity

austerity noun the austerity of the decor | budgetary restrictions demand that we observe strict measures of austerity: severity, strictness, seriousness, solemnity, gravity; frugality, thrift, economy, asceticism; self-discipline, abstinence, sobriety, restraint, chastity; starkness.

 

Duden Dictionary

Austerity

Aus te ri ty Substantiv, feminin , die |ɔːsˈtɛrɪti |griechisch-lateinisch-französisch -englisch wirtschaftliche Einschränkung, energische Sparpolitik

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

austerity

aus ter i ty /ɔːstérəti /〖原義は 3 〗名詞 複 -ties 1 U (経済政策の )緊縮, 厳しさ .2 U ｟かたく ほめて ｠簡潔さ, 単純さ .3 U 厳しさ, 厳格さ .4 C 〖通例 -ties 〗禁欲 [耐乏 ]生活 (の実践 ).