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What does adversity mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
  2. (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
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They showed that they can stare adversity in the face and still come out on top.
In both, the aim is to overcome adversity, and those who are most successful are those who have done that best.
The real issue is that suffering is part of life, as are loss and adversity.
If we abandon our ideals in the face of adversity and aggression, then those ideals were never really in our possession.
He is a man who has had to face up to adversity and he has done so with determination and dignity.
The team has suffered through some adversity, but they seem to be the better for it.

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