permacrisis

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)məˌkɹaɪsɪs/

Etymology

From perma- + crisis.

permacrisis means A permanent crisis, one that continually drags on. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

Why this word is great

PERMACRISIS — [Noun] An extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of interconnected and seemingly permanent crises. Formed within English by compounding the combining form perma- (from 'permanent') and the noun crisis (from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, "decision, turning point")). Unlike a singular, acute "crisis," which promises a decisive turning point, or formless "turmoil," which suggests chaotic disturbance, a permacrisis is the chronic condition of overlapping, self-reinforcing emergencies. It is the low hum of dread beneath the news cycle, the queasy calculation at the supermarket till, and the sensation of patching one leak only to hear two more begin hissing in the walls—a state where the emergency has simply become the weather, and the temporary has become the only permanence we know.

noun

A permanent crisis, one that continually drags on.“Europe 1992 must be understood as an effort by European governments and business elites to meet the permacrisis of slowed growth and higher levels of unemployment; respond to the changing American and Japanese capabilities; and promote their collective position in the international order.”