prerecessionary en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + recessionary.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Prior to a recession.
There are no hard times on the red carpet at Cannes, where they know how to party like it’s 1788 or at least like the prerecessionary days of 2008.
2009 May 15, Manohla Dargis, “A Less Crowded Cannes, and Perhaps a Silver Lining”, in New York Times: