conjuncture

[ kuhn-juhngk-cher ]

noun

1. a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs.
2. a critical state of affairs; crisis.
3. conjunction; joining.

conjuncture

/ kənˈdʒʌŋktʃə /

noun

1. a combination of events, esp a critical one
2. rare.
   a union; conjunction

Derived Forms

• conˈjunctural, adjective

Other Words From

• con·junctur·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjuncture¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; conjunct + -ure

Example Sentences

It can also extract chemical information from the experimental training database, offering conjunctures about unknown mechanisms.

From Science Daily

For whatever set of reasons — it may have something to do with natural harbors or some other historical conjuncture — this idea of representative democracy was developed first in Europe.

From Salon

Examples of the landscape of disconnections and the fascist conjuncture that it supports are not difficult to find.

From Salon

Given the crisis of education, agency and memory that haunts the current historical conjuncture, educators need a new political and pedagogical language.

From Salon

In Galileo’s words, this was "a marvelous conjuncture," because he could have his conviction that the Earth moved around the sun, and not the other way around, approved by the Pope himself.

From Scientific American

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