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eurosclerosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
eu-roscle-ro-sis
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The European economic pattern of the 1980s of high unemployment and slow job creation in spite of overall economic growth, in contrast to the success of the United States at that time.

Informal; Uncountable

Etymology

From Euro- + sclerosis, by analogy with the medical condition.

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What does eurosclerosis mean?
The European economic pattern of the 1980s of high unemployment and slow job creation in spite of overall economic growth, in contrast to the success of the United States at that time.
Where does eurosclerosis come from?
From Euro- + sclerosis, by analogy with the medical condition.

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