transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔ:sterɪti ]
( austerities)
1.
Austerity is a situation in which people’s living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
...the years of austerity which followed the war.
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2.
If you refer to something as showing austerity , you like its plain and simple appearance. ( FORMAL )
...many abandoned buildings, some of which have a compact classical austerity and dignity.
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