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inflation

/ inflation /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of filling something with air
Opposites:
deflation
Type of:
expansion enlargement
Derived:
balloon inflate billow blow up
noun Sense 2
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
Type of:
explosion detonation blowup
Domain:
cosmology cosmogony cosmogeny
noun Sense 3
a general and progressive increase in prices
"in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
Opposites:
deflation disinflation
Type of:
economic process
Kinds of:
cost-pull inflation demand-pull inflation inflationary spiral reflation stagflation
Derived:
inflate
noun Sense 4
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Type of:
inelegance
Semantic Complexity
93%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
1
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expansion enlargement deflation explosion detonation blowup economic process cost-pull inflation demand-pull inflation inflationary spiral reflation stagflation