Conjuncture synonyms

The current world situation is the result of a historical conjuncture.

A swing in the economic or political conjuncture suffices for such radicals to lose their bearings.

The keen eye of Aurangzeb saw in this conjuncture of events a favourable opportunity for realising his own ambitious schemes.

In this conjuncture Defoe had really no friends, for the dissenters were as much alarmed at his book as the high-flyers were irritated.

This was perhaps, as regards England, the most critical conjuncture in the history of the Reformation, both on this account and on account of the position in which Henry VIII.