If you've ever had a teacher who was particularly stern and strict, you might have (quietly) remarked on his austerity. When you're talking about the character of a person, austerity means "sternness and severity."
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Noun
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
n.
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
n.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or
strictness; harsh discipline.
n.
Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Austerity
The austerity of John the Baptist.3.
Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners.
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Usage Examples
Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model.
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
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