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vicissitude

[vi-sis-i-tood, -tyood] / vɪˈsɪs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /
NOUN
change
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fluctuation permutation
STRONG
about-face alteration alternation diversity flip-flop innovation mutability mutation novelty progression reversal revolution shift sport switch transposition turnaround uncertainty variation variety
WEAK
mid-course correction switchover ups and downs
Antonyms
STRONG
similarity stagnation uniformity
WEAK
stability

Example Sentences

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His tone is nothing if not complicit: “I was named Olaudah, which, in our language signifies vicissitude or fortune; also one favoured, and having a loud voice and well-spoken.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2017

I was named Olaudah, which, in our language, signifies vicissitude or fortune also, one favoured, and having a loud voice and well spoken.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2015

It calls for poise, concentration, vitality and, above all, for a kind of instinctive communion with the camera that comes partly from inner fiber, partly from vicissitude and long practice.

From Time Magazine Archive

In after years, vicissitude came to him, in which I and members of the Garibaldi Committee befriended him.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

Strangely enough, it came to him now through the talk of Mrs. Bundy, wise with a wisdom which vicissitude alone could teach, and through the somewhat sorry epic of her husband's hazardous adventures.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)