anticrisis

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ crisis.

Adjective

anticrisis (not comparable)

1. (politics) Intended to prevent or counter a crisis.
   • 1982, John Pinder, National industrial strategies and the world economy:

     The anticrisis measures in the form of the trigger prices were only one element of the government's program for steel.

Translations

intended to prevent or counter a crisis

• Georgian: ანტიკრიზისული (anṭiḳrizisuli)
• Polish: antykryzysowy (pl)
• Portuguese: anticrise
• Spanish: anticrisis

Anagrams

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Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)bor.

Spanish anti-

Proto-Indo-European *krey-

Proto-Indo-European *-n-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *krinyéti

Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō

Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek κρῐ́σῐς (krĭ́sĭs)bor.

Latin crisislbor.

Spanish crisis

Spanish anticrisis

From anti- + crisis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌantiˈkɾisis/ [ˌãn̪.t̪iˈkɾi.sis]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧cri‧sis

Adjective

anticrisis (invariable)

1. anticrisis

Further reading

• “anticrisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025