inflation
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1. the act of filling something with air (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | enlargement, expansion, |
| definition | : | the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope (noun.act) |
2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | inelegance, |
| definition | : | the quality of lacking refinement and good taste (noun.attribute) |
3. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | blowup, detonation, explosion, |
| definition | : | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (noun.event) |
| domain category | : | cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology, |
| definition | : | the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe (noun.cognition) |
4. a general and progressive increase in prices (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | economic process, |
| definition | : | any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | cost-pull inflation, |
| definition | : | inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | demand-pull inflation, |
| definition | : | inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | reflation, |
| definition | : | inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | stagflation, |
| definition | : | a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) (noun.process) |
5. the act of filling something with air (noun.act)
| antonym | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | the act of letting the air out of something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | blow up, inflate, |
| definition | : | fill with gas or air (verb.change) |
6. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)
7. a general and progressive increase in prices (noun.process)
| antonym | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
| antonym | : | disinflation, |
| definition | : | a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflationary, |
| definition | : | associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation (adj.all) |
8. the act of filling something with air (noun.act)
| antonym | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | the act of letting the air out of something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | blow up, inflate, |
| definition | : | fill with gas or air (verb.change) |
9. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)
10. a general and progressive increase in prices (noun.process)
| antonym | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
| antonym | : | disinflation, |
| definition | : | a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflationary, |
| definition | : | associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation (adj.all) |
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