Synonyms for austerity
ɔˈstɛr ɪ tiaus·ter·i·ty

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1. austeritynoun

   Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

   Antonyms:
   comfort

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1. austerity, asceticism, nonindulgencenoun

   the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

   Synonyms:
   nonindulgence, ascesis, asceticism

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1. austeritynoun

   Synonyms:
   severity, rigor, sternness, harshness, asceticism

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1. List of paraphrases for "austerity":

   asceticism, rigour, saving, savings, thrift, retrenchment, stringency, restraint, frugality

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1. Pablo Iglesias:

   The austerity policies are taking us closer to chaos and we can do things better than what has been done.

2. Gabriel Petrus:

   The government lost its cleverest mover and shaker in the Senate. It will be hard for Rousseff to reach agreement with the opposition on the austerity agenda.

3. Nikos Baltopoulos:

   They are the only ones sticking up for the people, i didn't vote for Tsipras because he seemed too radical, but maybe this is what we need. Austerity had numbed us all these years, we started accepting whatever we were told.

4. Jason Furman:

   The premature shift to austerity certainly slowed the economic recovery, for a lot of people, that lesson has been learned.

5. Paul Polman:

   After several years of austerity measures, a mindset of economizing and making-do has become ingrained.