0 a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering:
The country's leadership is in crisis.
We have a family crisis on my hands - my 16-year-old sister is pregnant.
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The series focuses on understanding the political, economic, and social forces shaping parts of the world that are in crisis.
It's important for families in crisis to know they are not alone.
We need more psychiatrists who specialize in treating mentally ill people in crisis.
With inflation at 500 percent, the country faces a crisis of confidence.
2 a situation that is extremely difficult or dangerous, when there are many problems:
a looming/impending/growing crisis This matter needs to be discussed, in the light of the looming pensions crisis.
cause/create a crisis The ban, fortunately, did not create a crisis in the dairy industry.
face a crisis The industry is facing a serious staffing crisis.
a crisis arises/occurs/deepens This article examines how the debt crisis arose,
address/resolve/solve a crisis A mediator has been called in to resolve the crisis.
The country's leadership is in crisis.
3 a situation when people become less confident and start to worry:
It may yet be possible to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry.
The two groups will meet next week to try to defuse the crisis.
The media never tire of telling us that Europe is somehow "in crisis".
Plastic surgery is fine for people with a strong self-image but bad for people "in crisis" - getting divorced, coping with a death, or who've just lost a job, for example.
Most banking crises can be attributed to negative macroeconomic shocks, including their amplification mechanisms.
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