crisis
English
Etymology
From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹaɪsɪs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪsɪs
Noun
crisis (plural crises)
- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- (medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- I'm having a major crisis trying to wallpaper the living room.
- (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
Derived terms
- Asian songbird crisis
- behavioral crisis
- climate crisis
- crisis actor
- crisis center
- crisis hotline
- crisis intervention
- crisis line
- crisis management
- crisis response team
- crisis-ridden
- currency crisis
- economic crisis
- energy crisis
- epistemic crisis
- European debt crisis
- existential crisis
- financial crisis
- healing crisis
- humanitarian crisis
- identity crisis
- international crisis
- mid-life crisis
- midlife crisis
- personal crisis
- psychedelic crisis
- psychological crisis
- quarter-life crisis
- renal crisis
- replication crisis
- scissors crisis
- software crisis
Related terms
- criterion
- critic
- critical
- criticize
- critique
Translations
crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
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unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
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sudden change in the course of a disease
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traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
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point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
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Further reading
- crisis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- crisis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- crisis at OneLook Dictionary Search
Asturian
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
- crisis
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkɾi.zis/
- Rhymes: -izis
Noun
crisis
- plural of crisi
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkri.zɪs/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: cri‧sis
Noun
crisis f (plural crises or crisissen, diminutive crisisje n)
- crisis
- financial crisis
Derived terms
- coronacrisis
- crisette
- crisisbeheersing
- crisisjaar
- crisismanagement
- crisismanager
- crisissituatie
- eurocrisis
- identiteitscrisis
- stikstofcrisis
- vertrouwenscrisis
- vluchtelingencrisis
Related terms
- kritiek
- kritisch
Descendants
- → Indonesian: krisis
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crisis.
Noun
crisis f (oblique plural crisis, nominative singular crisis, nominative plural crisis)
- crisis, emergency; urgent situation
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾisis/ [ˈkɾi.sis]
Audio (Argentina) (file) Audio (Latin America) (file) - Rhymes: -isis
- Syllabification: cri‧sis
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
- crisis
- attack; fit
Derived terms
- anticrisis
- crisis de comportamiento
- crisis de migraña
Related terms
- crítico
Further reading
- “crisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014