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polycrisis
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈpɒl.iˌkraɪ.sɪs/ us /ˈpɑː.liˌkraɪ.sɪs/pluralpolycrisesuk /ˈpɒl.iˌkraɪ.siːz/ us /ˈpɑː.liˌkraɪ.siːz/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering that is caused by many different problems happening at the same time so that they together have a very big effect:
We could be on the brink of a polycrisis.
Researchers expect more instances of polycrisis over the next few years.
Welcome to the age of polycrisis.
The concept of polycrisis relates to the accumulation of compounding crises that human societies are facing.
Polycrises arise when concurrent shocks and interconnected risks combine to create a crisis even worse than the sum of its parts.
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