English Explanatory Dictionary

inflation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
  2. An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.
  3. Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
  4. An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
name
  1. The inflationary epoch of the Universe, where the size of the space of universe expanded at speeds beyond the speed of light. One of the ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when most formulations of Big Bang theory start their timelines.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inflation.wav

Word forms

inflation inflations

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.

Synonyms

Age of Inflation Epoch of Inflation Era of Inflation Inflationary Age Inflationary Epoch Inflationary Era

Antonyms

deflation

Related words

conflation deflation inflate reflation anti-inflaton anti-inflaton particle cosmic inflation cosmic inflation theory eternal inflation inflationary field inflationary theory inflation field inflation theory inflaton inflaton field inflaton particle

Derived words

agflation anti-inflation Bidenflation bottleneck inflation cheapflation core inflation cost-push inflation counter-inflation credential inflation cumflation demand-pull inflation disinflation eggflation excuseflation foodflation friendflation grade inflation greedflation greenflation halalflation headline inflation hoeflation hyperinflation inflatino Inflation inflationary inflationism inflationist inflationless inflationproof inflaton Justinflation lifestyle inflation mudflation overinflation preinflation reinflation sagflation shelflation shitflation shrinkflation size inflation skimpflation slumpflation sneakflation stagflation stretchflation superinflation taxflation taxonomic inflation tipflation Trumpflation underinflation wage-push inflation warflation white inflation theory
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