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inflationary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Latin īnflō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnflātiōbor. Old French inflationder. Middle English English inflation Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English inflationary From inflation + -ary.

Meanings

1. Causing or liable to cause inflation.
   • The rapid influx of precious metals from the new mines had an inflationary effect on the specie based economy.
   • For the period through 1984, there is weak support for accelerationism, though the linear fit is mainly due to the disinflationary impact of high unemployment, which no one disputes, not the inflationary effects of prosperity. 1998, James K. Galbraith, “Comments”, in Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy, page 66:
2. Of or relating to inflation.

Forms

Antonyms

deflationary

Deriveds

inflationary spiral · disinflationary · inflationariness · hyperinflationary · counterinflationary · superinflationary · reinflationary · postinflationary · inflationarily · anti-inflationary · noninflationary

Translations (6)

fr inflationniste (causing inflation) · nl inflatoir (causing inflation) · el πληθωριστικός (causing inflation) · es inflacionario (causing inflation) · fi inflatorinen (causing inflation) · pl inflacyjny (causing inflation)