precarities

Noun

precarity (countable and uncountable, plural precarities)

1. (uncountable) Synonym of precariousness (“the state of being uncertain or unstable”); (countable) an instance of this.
   • And he recognized then that the crux of his wretchedness had been the fear lest he might not acquit himself of his long indebtedness to Monsieur through yielding him satisfaction in some perfected fruit of his art; of which, in proportion as Monsieur was certain, Gaspard was rendered more miserable...1910 March, Marian Cox, chapter XIII, in The Crowds and the Veiled Woman, New York, N.Y.; London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, →OCLC, page 263

   Synonyms:

   precariousness

2. (specifically, uncountable) The condition of existence without predictability or security, thus affecting material or psychological welfare; (countable) an instance of this.
   • "Precarity," or precariousness, is an essential element in true voluntary poverty, a saintly French Canadian priest from Martinique has written us. […] Precarity enables us better to help the poor. When a community is always building and enlarging and embellishing, which is good in itself, there is...1963, Dorothy Day, “A Baby is Always Born with a Loaf of Bread under Its Arm”, in Loaves and Fishes, New York, N.Y.; Evanston, Ill.: Harper & Row, →OCLC, part II (Poverty and Precarity), pages 82–83

   Synonyms:

   insecurity