permacrisis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɜː(ɹ)məˌkɹaɪsɪs/
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Etymology
From perma- + crisis.
Meanings
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A permanent crisis, one that continually drags on.
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.
2022 December 12, Paul Warren, “Language Matters: Going into goblin mode to see you through a permacrisis”, in Stuff, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022: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.
1998, Manuel Castells, End of Millennium, 2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, published 2010, pages 7–8:In the age of permacrisis, the world we live in will continue to be characterised by high levels of uncertainty, fragility and unpredictability.
2021, Ricardo Borges de Castro, “Anticipatory democracy: Harnessing the power of people and strategic foresight”, in European Policy Centre: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.
1994, John Zysman, “Korean Choices and Patterns of Advanced Country Development”, in Lee-Jay Cho, Yoon Hyung Kim, editors, Korea's Political Economy: An Institutional Perspective, Routledge, published 2018, page 170:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| permacrises | Number=Plur | lexicographic |