noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃn̩/
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General-American:/ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃ(ə)n/
rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inflation, rising prices
History
Etymology
Blend of stagnation + inflation, generally thought to have been coined by the British politician Iain Macleod (1913–1970) in a 17 November 1965 parliamentary speech: see the quotation.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رُكُود تَضَخُّمِي
(rukūd taḍaḵḵumī)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Armenian:
ստագֆլյացիա
(stagflyacʻia)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Azerbaijani:
staqflyasiya
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Basque:
estanflazio
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Bulgarian:
стагфлация
(stagflacija)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Catalan:
estagflació
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Chinese Mandarin:
停滯性通貨膨脹 /停滞性通货膨胀
(tíngzhìxìng tōnghuò péngzhàng)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Chinese Mandarin:
滯漲 /滞涨
(zhìzhàng)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Czech:
stagflace
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Danish:
stagflation
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Dutch:
stagflatie
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Esperanto:
stagflacio
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Estonian:
stagflatsioon
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Finnish:
stagflaatio
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
French:
stagflation
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Galician:
estanflación
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Georgian:
სტაგფლაცია
(sṭagplacia)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
German:
Stagflation
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Greek:
στασιμοπληθωρισμός
(stasimoplithorismós)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Hebrew:
סטגפלציה
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Hindi:
मुद्रास्फीतिजनित मंदी
(mudrāsphītijnit mandī)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Hungarian:
stagfláció
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Indonesian:
stagflasi
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Irish:
marbh-bhoilsciú
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Italian:
stagflazione
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Japanese:
スタグフレーション
(sutagufurēshiyon)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Kazakh:
стагфляция
(stagfläsiä)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Korean:
스태그플레이션
(seutaegeupeulleisyeon)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Latvian:
stagflācija
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Lithuanian:
stagfliacija
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Macedonian:
стагфлација
(stagflacija)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Malay:
stagflasi
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Norwegian Bokmål:
stagflasjon
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Norwegian Nynorsk:
stagflasjon
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Persian:
رکود تورمی
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Polish:
stagflacja
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Portuguese:
estagflação
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Romanian:
stagflație
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Russian:
стагфляция
(stagfljacija)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Serbo-Croatian:
стагфла́ција
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Serbo-Croatian:
stagflácija
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Slovak:
stagflácia
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Slovene:
stagflacija
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Spanish:
estanflación
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Swedish:
stagflation
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Turkish:
stagflasyon
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Ukrainian:
стагфляція
(stahfljacija)
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
Vietnamese:
đình lạm
— prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth
