permacrisis
/ˈpɜː(ɹ)məˌkɹaɪsɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A permanent crisis, one that continually drags on.
Example Sentences
- "Europe 1992 must be understood as an effort by European governments and business elites to meet the permacrisis of slowed growth and higher levels of unemployment; respond to the changing American and Japanese capabilities; and promote their collective position in the international order."
- "Agriculture continued to be in permacrisis, and shortages of consumer goods were customary, but exports of energy and materials, at least until 1986, were providing a hard currency cushion for remedial imports, so that the living conditions of Soviet citizens were better, not worse, in the mid-1980s than a decade earlier."
- "In the age of permacrisis, the world we live in will continue to be characterised by high levels of uncertainty, fragility and unpredictability."
- "It is reported that searches for gaslighting on Merriam-Webster’s website increased 17-fold in 2022 compared with 2021. Let us hope that this is a momentary blip and does not imply a permacrisis of deceit."