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metacrisis

metacrisis noun: a series of interconnected crises occurring at the same time.

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...

Forms of metacrisis

pluralmetacrises

Origin of metacrisis

From meta- + crisis.

Questions about metacrisis

What does metacrisis mean?
Metacrisis means a series of interconnected crises occurring at the same time.
What part of speech is metacrisis?
Metacrisis is a noun.
What is the plural of metacrisis?
The plural of metacrisis is metacrises.

Words near metacrisis in the dictionary

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

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