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Antonyms for inflation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-fley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfleɪ ʃən

Definition of inflation

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "swelling caused by gathering of 'wind' in the body; flatulence;" figuratively, "outbursts of pride," from Latin inflationem (nominative inflatio) "a puffing up; flatulence," noun of action from past participle stem of inflare "blow into, puff up," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)). Monetary sense of "enlargement of prices" (originally by an increase in the amount of money in circulation) first recorded 1838 in American English.
  • noun increase, swelling
Example sentences :
  • We are in a period of inflation and we cannot avoid the results.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • We shall have a remedy for this the moment the tide of inflation turns.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Astronomy and inflation: and by inflation we mean expansion of the attenuated.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • I candidly answered that I could not see the end of the inflation.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • Then the results of the inflation came with relentless and rapid pace.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • Thus the process of inflation must have been both easy and rapid.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various
  • By necessity he was readily converted by the arguments of inflation.
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • Inflation was not to be desired by the citizen who had in hand the funds to pay his debts.
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • So far as this went, it produced a debtor class and prepared the way for inflation.
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • The loss of the gas has reduced the inflation of the lower part of the balloon.
  • Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne

Synonyms for inflation

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