Synonyms for great depression
great depres·sion

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1. Great Depressionnoun

   the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

2. Depression, Great Depressionnoun

   a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

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1. Rey Del Rio/Getty Images:

   [Americans] come back to always having that hope, no matter how difficult it is since the birth of our nation. Whether it was the Civil War, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, an assassination decade of the '60s, or 9/11, we always had hope and we had presidents who inspired us, americans do not cower, whether it's the Nazis or the terrorists or the China virus. We have hope. We have strength. And when you have hope and strength, you have peace. But this president doesn't know what hope is.

2. Mayor Ed Murray:

   We are involved in a homeless crisis, the like we have not seen since the Great Depression, no city in America can deal with this (by itself).

3. Bernie Sanders:

   We probably have more serious problems than any time since the Great Depression.

4. Troy Gayeski:

   Another Great Depression scenario is hard to see.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   Wall Street's greed and recklessness and illegal behavior drove this economy into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Millions of people lost their homes, their life savings, and their jobs. And, yes, I believe that we have to break up the major financial institutions. We have to re-establish Glass-Stegall.