"According to the sceptics, all the talk about globalisation is only that - just talk. Whatever its benefits, its trials and TRIBULATIONS, the global economy isn't especially different from that which existed at previous periods. The world carries on much the same as it has done for many years."
(Professor Anthony Giddens - BBC Reith Lecture 1999)
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1. Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering.
2. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
Note:
You will often hear the standard phrase "trials and tribulations".