vicissitude
Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the nextRegular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.
» I'm going back to those bitter days to demonstrate the vicissitudes of our society.
Meaning
2 sensesRegular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.
Unbeständigkeit, Wandel
сме́наsména, чередова́ниеčeredovánije
(in the plural, often)A change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
Wandel, Wechsel, Veränderung
превра́тностьprevrátnostʹ, непостоя́нствоnepostojánstvo
- mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)
- a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
Examples
3 sentencesI'm going back to those bitter days to demonstrate the vicissitudes of our society.
Perhaps due to his experience of the team's vicissitudes, the long-time veteran was unperturbed.
Japanese may be different from other ethnicities due to more use of the dextral brain. The sinistral brain predominates occidental vicissitudes.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on theFrom Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whence Portuguese vez and French fois (“time (as in "next time"), occurrence”).
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Forms
plural: vicissitudes| Singular | vicissitude |
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