conjuncture
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tʃər noun
1.
a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs.
2.
a critical state of affairs; crisis.
3.
conjunction; joining.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a combination of events, esp a critical one |
| 2. | rare a union; conjunction |
| con'junctural | |
| —adj | |
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Conjuncture
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Word Origin & History
conjuncture
c.1600, from Fr. conjoncture, from Mod.L. *conjunctura, from L. conjunctus (see conjunct).
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Example sentences
In so critical a conjuncture, our martyrs declared themselves the visible protectors of that distressed church.
We should be leery of drawing inapt lessons from the crisis to the current policy conjuncture.
Now that same independent central bank is grappling with an ugly conjuncture of rising inflation and falling growth.
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