Situation
Of state. May also be referred to as state of affairs.
The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt.
This concept's ID is @1~70128
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- equilibrium
A stable situation in which forces cancel one another.
- acceptance
The state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the...
- environment
The totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of...
- rejection
The state of being rejected.
- exclusion
The state of being excluded.
- inclusion
The state of being included.
- crowding
A situation in which people or things are crowded together; "he didn't like the crowding...
- disequilibrium
Loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh...
- thing
A special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing".
- challenge
A demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian...
- ballgame
A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation; "HDTV...
- complication
A situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious co...
- childlessness
The condition of being without offspring.
- element
The situation in which you are happiest and most effective; "in your element".
- fishbowl
A state of affairs in which you have no privacy; "the president lives in a goldfish bo...
- hotbed
A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a...
- intestacy
The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will.
- picture
A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the...
- prison
A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement.
- size
The actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about...
- status quo
The existing state of affairs.
- square one
The situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts...
- absurd
A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential...