ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Inflationary

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Inflationary is an adjective meaning Causing or liable to cause inflation.

Meaning

Causing or liable to cause inflation.

More Meanings

  1. Of or relating to inflation.

Example Sentences

The rapid influx of precious metals from the new mines had an inflationary effect on the specie based economy.
For the period through 1984, there is weak support for accelerationism, though the linear fit is mainly due to the disinflationary impact of high unemployment, which no one disputes, not the inflationary effects of prosperity.

Antonyms for inflationary

Common opposites include deflationary.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inflation, anti-inflationary, inflationist, inflated, upward, expansionary.

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