Difference between recessionista and recession

Definitions

noun

1. a small concavity
2. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
3. the act of ceding back
4. the act of becoming more distant
5. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

Examples

The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.

Either the recession is biting harder than I had realised or a lot of people are confused about the boundaries between fact and fiction.

Small businesses have been hit hard / hard hit by the recession.

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