conjunctural

Examples

• All

• The economic situation just described was largely conjunctural, reflecting the effects of the Asian crisis.

  Academic text (2001)

• Specific support is determined by conjunctural factors—inflation levels, unemployment, corruption charges that appear in a daily newspaper, and so on—and therefore is transitory.

  Academic text (1999)

• The Honduran organizations, for the most part, did not have "organic ties" with parties, although they constantly cut deals and formed conjunctural alliances with them.

  Academic text (1998)

• Thus, in Nicaragua, while some polarization is always present, full political polarization is more conjunctural than structural.

  Academic text (1998)

• A close examination of the 1996 Nicaraguan election campaign reveals how extreme polarization is largely a conjunctural phenomenon rather than the fundamental political reality.

  Academic text (1998)

• The contemporary period of active transnational outreach by the Mexican state was prompted by conjunctural political conditions that led elements of the PRI to seek closer ties with emigrants and persons of Mexican origin in the United States.

  Academic text (2002)

• Her decision to invest in the startup was based on the conjunctural opportunities available at that moment.

• Many of the challenges in the region are conjunctural, tied to the specific economic climate of the last year.

Synonyms

S

situational

vsconjunctural

20 4.3

Happening because of current circumstances rather than a person's character

relates to temporary conditions existing at a specific time

C

contextual

vsconjunctural

13 5.5

About the situation or background where something happens

relates to conditions limited to a particular time rather than broad setting

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology