Vicissitude definition
Vicissitude is an unpredictable change in your luck or circumstances.
An example of vicissitude is when you have a great job but then you lose your great job.
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The quality of being changeable; mutability.
The vicissitude of fortune.
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A change or variation.
An economy vulnerable to the vicissitudes of the oil market.
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A usually unforeseen change in circumstance or experience that affects one's life, especially in a trying way.
The vicissitudes of childhood.
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Unpredictable changes or variations that keep occurring in life, fortune, etc.; shifting circumstances; ups and downs.
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Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
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(often in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
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A difficulty that is likely to occur, esp. one that is inherent in a situation.
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A condition of constant change or alternation, as a natural process; mutability.
The vicissitude of the sea.
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Regular succession or alternation, as of night and day.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
vicissitude
Plural:
vicissitudesOrigin of vicissitude
- Latin vicissitūdō from vicissim in turn probably from vicēs pl. of vix change weik-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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