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adj
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inflationary
adj
Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inflationary
History
Etymology tree English deflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English deflation Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English deflationary From deflation + -ary.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
