"precarity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹəˈkɛɹɪti/ [General-American], /pɹəˈkɛəɹɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precarity.wav [Southern-England] Forms: precarities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪti Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin precārietās. By surface analysis, precarious + -ity, leading to the syncopation. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*preḱ-}}, {{der|en|NL.|precārietās}} New Latin precārietās, {{surf|en|precarious|-ity}} By surface analysis, precarious + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} precarity (countable and uncountable, plural precarities)
  1. Synonym of precariousness Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: precariousness [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-precarity-en-noun-g9rmAYnq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 62 38
  2. (sociology) A condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sociology Synonyms: insecurity Translations (condition of existence): (生存狀態的)不穩定性 (Chinese Mandarin), (生存状态的)不稳定性 (alt: (shēngcúnzhuàngtàide)bùwěndìngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), précarité [feminine] (French), Prekarisierung [feminine] (German), επισφάλεια (episfáleia) [feminine] (Greek), precaridad (Spanish), prekarisering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-precarity-en-noun-yV9xVBqo Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology Disambiguation of 'condition of existence': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (see): precarious
Disambiguation of 'see': 0 0

Inflected forms

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