recession

• n. 不況、低迷、後退、凹み

recess（後退）と-ion（名詞の接尾辞）から。recessionから派生。

recession (n.)

1640s, "act of receding, a going back," from French récession "a going backward, a withdrawing," and directly from Latin recessionem (nominative recessio) "a going back," noun of action from past participle stem of recedere (see recede).

Sense of "temporary decline in economic activity," 1929, noun of action from recess (q.v.):

The material prosperity of the United States is too firmly based, in our opinion, for a revival in industrial activity -- even if we have to face an immediate recession of some magnitude -- to be long delayed. ["Economist," Nov. 2, 1929]

Ayto notes, "There was more than a hint of euphemism in the coining of this term."

1. Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession .

政治家たちは恐怖のR字頭語： recession （景気後退）を使い始めた。

2.The economy remains deep in recession with few signs of a pick-up.

経済は依然として衰退の一途をたどっており、好転の兆しはほとんどない。

3. Recession has simply accelerated changes that have been reshaping the industry anyway.

不況は、もともと業界の状況を変えている変化を加速させたにすぎない。

4.He has had to eat his words about the company being recession -proof.

彼は、不況の影響を受けない会社の話を撤回せざるを得なかった。

5.Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that 'sgoing on elsewhere.

企業は他の景気後退による間接的な影響を感じている。