vicissitudes
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Noun
vicissitudes, plural;
/vəˈsisəˌt(y)o͞od/,
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vicissitudes, plural;
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A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
- - her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune
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Alternation between opposite or contrasting things
- - the vicissitude of the seasons
Web Definitions:
- (vicissitude) a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research"
- (vicissitude) mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)
- (vicissitude) vi·cis·si·tude (vî-sîsąî-tˇd´, -tyˇd´) noun 1. a. A change or variation. b. The quality of being changeable; mutability. 2. Often vicissitudes. One of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's life, activities, or surroundings. ...
- (vicissitude) (n.) event that occurs by chance (The vicissitudes of daily life prevent me from predicting what might happen from one day to the next.)
- (vicissitude) a change of circumstances affecting one's life.
- Rapid, unpredictable and often violent changes which completely alter the previously existing situation.
- [viss-iss-it-yewds] Noun, pl changes in circumstance or fortune
- a change or variation occurring in the course of something