- crisis of confidence
- UK / US
noun [singular]
a situation in which people have stopped believing that someone or something is good
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crisis of confidence
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crisis of confidence — ► a situation when people become less confident and start to worry: »The company s poor trading figures provoked a crisis of confidence on the stock markets. Main Entry: ↑crisis … Financial and business terms
crisis of confidence — noun singular a situation in which people have stopped believing that someone or something is good … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
crisis of confidence — UK US noun [singular] a situation in which people have stopped believing that someone or something is good Thesaurus: uncertainty and being uncertainsynonym … Useful english dictionary
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confidence — noun 1 belief in others ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ The company needs the full confidence of its investors. ▪ great, high … Collocations dictionary
crisis — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, grave, major, serious, severe, terrible, worst ▪ the worst economic crisis for fifty years ▪ … Collocations dictionary
crisis — cri|sis W2S2 [ˈkraısıs] n plural crises [ si:z] [U and C] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: Greek krisis decision , from krinein; CRITERION] 1.) a situation in which there are a lot of problems that must be dealt with quickly so that the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
crisis — / kraIsifis/ noun plural crises /si:z/ (C, U) 1 a period or moment of great danger, difficulty, or uncertainty, especially in politics or economics: the energy crisis of 1972 | the Cuban missile crisis 2 a time when a personal emotional problem… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Crisis económica de 2008-2009 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Este artículo trata sobre la crisis en la economía real. Para la crisis monetaria, véase Crisis financiera de 2008. Por crisis económica de 2008 y 2009 se conoce a la crisis económica mundial que comenzó ese año,… … Wikipedia Español
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