austerian

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adjective

Relating to, or supporting, fiscal conservatism and austerity.

Scrabble 9

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adjectiveausterian (comparative more austerian, superlative most austerian)

comparative more austerian · superlative most austerian

  1. economicsRelating to, or supporting, fiscal conservatism and austerity.
nounausterian (plural austerians)

plural austerians

  1. economicsA supporter of fiscal conservatism and austerity.

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adjectiveAusterian (comparative more Austerian, superlative most Austerian)

comparative more Austerian · superlative most Austerian

  1. Of or relating to Paul Auster (born 1947), American author and director whose writing blends absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning.

    And disappearing, needless to say, is a quintessential Austerian act.

    2011, Dennis Barone, Beyond the Red Notebook: Essays on Paul Auster, page 184
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    The prototypical Austerian protagonist is the detached Manhattan male writing alone in a room with only his words as his way of reflecting […]

    2014, Peter Ferry, Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction, page 144

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