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conjuncture

[ kuhn-juhngk-cher ]

noun

  1. a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs.
  2. a critical state of affairs; crisis.
  3. conjunction; joining.


conjuncture

/ əˈʌŋʃə /

noun

  1. a combination of events, esp a critical one
  2. rare.
    a union; conjunction
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈܲԳٳܰ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dz·ܲԳtܰ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of conjuncture1

First recorded in 1595–1605; conjunct + -ure
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It can also extract chemical information from the experimental training database, offering conjunctures about unknown mechanisms.

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For whatever set of reasons — it may have something to do with natural harbors or some other historical conjuncture — this idea of representative democracy was developed first in Europe.

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Examples of the landscape of disconnections and the fascist conjuncture that it supports are not difficult to find.

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Given the crisis of education, agency and memory that haunts the current historical conjuncture, educators need a new political and pedagogical language.

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In Galileo’s words, this was "a marvelous conjuncture," because he could have his conviction that the Earth moved around the sun, and not the other way around, approved by the Pope himself.

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