crisis
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English
Etymology
From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
crisis (plural crises)
- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- (medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- I'm having a major crisis trying to wallpaper the living room.
- (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
Derived terms
- Asian songbird crisis
- behavioral crisis
- budget crisis
- climate crisis
- crisis actor
- crisis center
- crisis hotline
- crisis intervention
- crisis line
- crisis management
- crisis response team
- crisis-ridden
- currency crisis
- economic crisis
- energy crisis
- epistemic crisis
- European debt crisis
- existential crisis
- financial crisis
- healing crisis
- humanitarian crisis
- identity crisis
- international crisis
- Messinian salinity crisis
- mid-life crisis
- midlife crisis
- never waste a crisis
- oxygenation crisis
- oxygen crisis
- personal crisis
- psychedelic crisis
- psychological crisis
- quarter-life crisis
- renal crisis
- replication crisis
- scissors crisis
- software crisis
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Translations
crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
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unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
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sudden change in the course of a disease
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traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
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point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
Further reading
- “crisis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “crisis”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “crisis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Asturian
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
crisis
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis).
Pronunciation
Noun
crisis f (plural crises or crisissen, diminutive crisisje n)
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Descendants
- → Indonesian: krisis
Old French
Etymology
Noun
crisis oblique singular, f (oblique plural crisis, nominative singular crisis, nominative plural crisis)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “crisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014