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crisis

noun
/ˈkɹaɪsɪs/CA/ˈkɹɑesɪs/

Etymology

From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).

  1. derived from κρίσις — “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”
  2. borrowed from crisis

Definitions

  1. A crucial or decisive point or situation

    A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.

  2. An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one…

    An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.

  3. A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is…

    A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.

      • I'm having a major crisis trying to wallpaper the living room.

    2. A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.

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Derived

acrisia, Asian songbird crisis, behavioral crisis, budget crisis, climate crisis, constitutional crisis, crisis actor, crisis center, crisis hotline, crisis intervention, crisisless, crisis line, crisis management, crisis response team, crisis-ridden, crisitunity, currency crisis, diabetic crisis, ecocrisis, economic crisis, energy crisis, epicrisis, epistemic crisis, Eurocrisis, European debt crisis, existential crisis, financial crisis, healing crisis, humanitarian crisis, identity crisis, international crisis, Messinian salinity crisis, mid-life crisis, midlife crisis, minicrisis, multicrisis, never waste a crisis, noncrisis, oxygenation crisis, oxygen crisis · +12 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at crisis. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at crisis. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at crisis

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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