Meaning of permacrisis | Babel Free

Definitions

A permanent crisis, one that continually drags on.

Examples

“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⟳.”

“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.”

“In the age of permacrisis, the world we live⟳ in will continue⟳ to be characterised by high levels of uncertainty, fragility and unpredictability.”

“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.”

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