Deflationary

//dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Associated with or tending to cause deflation. not-comparable
  2. 2
    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. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money wordnet

Synonyms

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astringentconsumptivestyptic

Etymology

From deflation + -ary.

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