Betydelse av ättestupa | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. a high steep inland cliff from which the elderly in Nordic antiquity were said to have thrown themselves, or been thrown, to their deaths in order not to be a burden to their relatives
   common-gender
2. inadequate social safety net for pensioners
   common-gender, figuratively

Exempel

“Coordinate term: ätteklubba”

“Det är betydligt högt och på ena⟳ sidan lodrätt som en ättestupa.”

It is significantly high and on one side vertical like a precipice.

“Med återkommande pandemier, digitaliseringshysteri, ensamhet med utfrysningen från samhällets sida⟳ blir dessa tre punkter sammantaget vår nya ättestupa.”

With recurring pandemics, digitalisation hysteria, loneliness with the expulsion from society, these three points together become our new ättestupa.

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