deflation

See also: Deflation and déflation

English

Etymology

deflate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈfleɪʃən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deflation (countable and uncountable, plural deflations)

1. An act or instance of deflating.

   The loss caused utter deflation and disappointment among the fans.

   Antonym: inflation

2. (economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.

   Synonym: disinflation

   Antonym: inflation

3. (economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction.
   • 1969 March 13, “Stans to seek foreign trade”, in Christian Science Monitor:

     Beyond that, there is the hope that deflation of the US economy which the administration has in mind will, overtime; stem the import flood.

   • 1976 October 11, “Unions Hold Key To British Stability”, in Milwaukee Sentinel:

     It also must be acknowledged that Britain's problems won't be solved by an abrupt deflation of the economy.

   • 1978 June 3, “Valley Pipe Dream Wrecked Economy”, in Calgary Herald:

     The great deflation of the northern economy occurred with the rupturing of the Mackenzie Valley pipe dream.

4. (geology) The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion.

Derived terms

• deflationary

Translations

instance of deflating

• Romanian: dezumflare (ro) f
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• Russian: выка́чивание (ru) n (vykáčivanije) (во́здуха, га́за)

decrease in the general price level

• Bulgarian: дефлация (bg) f (deflacija)
• Arabic: انْكِماش (ar)
• Norwegian: Deflasjon
• Catalan: deflació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通貨緊縮／通货紧缩 (zh) (tōnghuò jǐnsuō), 通货紧缩 (zh) (tōnghuò jǐnsuō)

• Czech: deflace (cs) f
• Dutch: deflatie (nl)
• Estonian: deflatsioon (et)
• Finnish: deflaatio (fi)
• French: déflation (fr) f
• Galician: deflación (gl) f
• German: Deflation (de) f
• Greek: αποπληθωρισμός (el) m (apoplithorismós)
• Icelandic: verðhjöðnun f
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• Indonesian: deflasi (id)
• Interlingua: deflation
• Italian: deflazione (it) f
• Japanese: デフレーション (ja) (defurēshon), 通貨収縮 (ja) (つうかしゅうしゅく, tsūka jūshuku) (currency contraction), 収縮 (ja) (しゅうしゅく, jūshuku)
• Khmer: អប្បផរណា (ap pak por ro nar)
• Korean: 디플레이션 (dipeulleisyeon), 디플레 (dipeulle), 통화 수축(通貨收縮) (tonghwa suchuk), 통화 축소(通貨縮小) (tonghwa chukso)
• Malay: deflasi
• Polish: deflacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: deflação (pt) f
• Russian: дефля́ция (ru) f (defljácija), сниже́ние цен n (snižénije cen)
• Serbo-Croatian: deflacija, дефлација f
• Spanish: deflación (es) f
• Swedish: deflation (sv)
• Vietnamese: (sự) giảm giá

economic contraction

• Indonesian: deflasi (id)
• Russian: дефля́ция (ru) f (defljácija)
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removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吹蝕／吹蚀 (zh) (chuīshí), 吹蚀 (zh) (chuīshí)

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Anagrams

• defoliant