Austerity
Sternness
Sternness noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: the company's new president has a reputation for granitelike sternness and monkish austerity
Austerity is a synonym for sternness in strictness topic. You can use "Austerity" instead a noun "Sternness", if it concerns topics such as severity, harshness, easy. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- severity and austerity
- severity and sternness
- solemnity and austerity
- solemnity and sternness
- seriousness and austerity
- seriousness and sternness
- sobriety and austerity
- sobriety and sternness
- harshness and austerity
- harshness and sternness
- acerbity and austerity
- acerbity and sternness
- hardness and austerity
- hardness and sternness
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Sternness and Austerity. (2016). Retrieved 2023, September 25, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/austerity/sternness
Austerity & Sternness. N.p., 2016. Web. 25 Sep. 2023. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/austerity/sternness>.
Sternness or Austerity. 2016. Accessed September 25, 2023. https://thesaurus.plus/related/austerity/sternness.
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