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metacrises

metacrises is the plural of metacrisis.

Meaning of metacrisis

Noun

metacrisis (plural metacrises)

  1. A series of interconnected crises occurring at the same time.
    • Some authors […] have observed that the polycrisis is, actually, a symptom of an underlying ur-crisis, a sense of being lost which is experienced collectively and individually. Such a state of mind is derived from a long-term prevalence of narratives of progress, innovation and success – and, with...2025 December 22, Cristiano Barbosa de Moura, Cary Campbell, “Navigating “Simplexity” in the Anthropocene: Environmental Education for Teachers in Times of Metacrisis”, in Australian Journal of...

Questions about metacrises

What is metacrises the plural of?
Metacrises is the plural of metacrisis.

Words near metacrises in the dictionary

  1. metacratons
  2. metacrawler
  3. metacrawlers
  4. metacresol
  5. metacresols
  6. metacrises
  7. metacrisis
  8. metacristid
  9. metacriteria
  10. metacriterion
  11. metacritical

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