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- Dictionaryvicissitude/vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd/
noun
- 1. a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant: "her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune"
- 2. alternation between opposite or contrasting things: literary "the vicissitude of the seasons"
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Vicissitude is a word that can refer to the quality or state of being changeable, or to a specific instance of change, especially a hardship or difficulty. Learn more about its origin, usage, synonyms, and examples from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
noun. a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something. “the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research” see more. noun. mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another) see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something, especially those that result in conditions being worse: Losing your job is just one of the vicissitudes of life. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Change and changes. adaptive evolution. adjustment. alteration. anti-evolutionism.
n. 1. a. A change or variation: an economy vulnerable to the vicissitudes of the oil market. b. A usually unforeseen change in circumstance or experience that affects one's life, especially in a trying way: the vicissitudes of childhood. See Synonyms at difficulty. 2. The quality of being changeable; mutability: the vicissitude of fortune.
noun. a change or variation occurring in the course of something. interchange or alternation, as of states or things. vicissitudes, successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs: They remained friends through the vicissitudes of 40 years.
Vicissitude means a change or variation occurring in the course of something, or a difficulty that is likely to occur. Learn the word origin, synonyms, examples and usage of vicissitude in American and British English.
Vicissitude is a noun that means one of the many changes and problems in a situation or in your life, that you have to deal with. Learn how to pronounce, use and collocate this word with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.
