exigency
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈɛksɪdʒənsi/
- Formal
:
exigencia
- When the hurricane approached, the citizens faced an exigency that required immediate evacuation.
- economic exigencies
- political exigencies
- financial exigency
Examples
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More than the outcomes of internal social histories, they reflect the exigencies of external geopolitics.
Academic text (1998) -
The relevance of scientific knowledge to the exigencies of medical practice has recently been strongly challenged.
Academic text (1994) -
Introduction: I was forced to write short stories by the exigencies of my life at a certain moment.
Fiction book (2002) -
The first point addressed the exigency of the mainland Chinese nuclear missile testing that was going on.
Academic text (1999) -
In the context of exigencies, proper training is particularly crucial.
Academic text (2017) -
Most of these fights stem from the exigencies of the labor market.
Academic text (1994) -
His North American audiences showed little empathy for the exigencies that moved Japan.
Academic text (1995) -
More importantly, the exigency of the transplanted household dictated a new preoccupation with farm mechanization.
Academic text (1992) -
Without this two-prong approach, the safety of the arrestee, officer, and public may be compromised, and exigencies may be unnecessarily created.
Academic text (2017) -
The courts purport the role of exigencies to be minor—it is just "one circumstance" among the totality.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.3
A sudden dangerous situation that needs quick action
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3.3
A situation that needs attention right away because it is very important
An urgent need that requires action right now
How Urgent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exigency comes from the Latin exigere, from the parts ex- 'out' and agere 'to drive' or 'do', where it meant 'to demand'. You can see the same root in the common word act, so an exigency is a strong, urgent demand that forces people to act.