Great Depression
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Great Depression
proper noun the Great Depression
- A major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries. For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.
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name economic collapse
| Español | Gran Depresión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대공황 daegonghwang |
| 日本語 | 世界恐慌 sekaikyōkō, 大恐慌 daikyōkō |
| 中文 | 大蕭條 /大萧条 Dàxiāotiáo |
| हिन्दी | महामंदी mahāmandī |
| Português | Grande Depressão |
| Français | Grande Dépression |
| Deutsch | Weltwirtschaftskrise |
| Ελληνικά | Μεγάλη Ύφεση Megáli Ýfesi |
| Русский | Вели́кая депре́ссия Velíkaja depréssija |
| Tiếng Việt | Đại khủng hoảng |
| العربية | الْكَسَاد الْعَظِيم al-kasād al-ʕaẓīm |
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title = {Great Depression},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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