precarity

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromNew Latinprecārietās.Bysurface analysis,precarious+‎-ity,leading to the syncopation.

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/pɹəˈkɛɹɪti/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/pɹəˈkɛəɹɪti/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɛəɹɪti
• Hyphenation:pre‧ca‧ri‧ty

Noun

precarity(countableanduncountable,pluralprecarities)

1. Synonym ofprecariousness
2. (sociology)Aconditionofexistencewithoutpredictabilityorsecurity,affectingmaterialorpsychologicalwelfare.

   Synonym:insecurity

   • 2014,Roland Paulsen,Empty Labor: Idleness and Workplace Resistance,→ISBN,page82:

     A phenomenon that catches a general tendency towards obscurity is what Standing calls "uptitling" - to give a job a high-sounding epithet to conceal itsprecarityand, I would say, its substance.

   • 2021,Anthony Doerr,Cloud Cuckoo Land,page622:

     Does the boy sense, already, theprecarityof all this?

Derived terms

• bioprecarity

Related terms

• see:precarious

Translations

condition of existence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:( sinh tồn trạng thái đích ) bất ổn định tính／( sinh tồn trạng thái đích ) bất ổn định tính((shēngcúnzhuàngtàide)bùwěndìngxìng)

• French:précarité(fr)f
• German:Prekarisierungf
• Greek:επισφάλεια(el)f(episfáleia)
• Spanish:precaridad
• Swedish:prekariseringc