Hyperinflation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive inflation. countable, uncountable

    "hyperinflation of the lungs"

  2. 2
    A very high rate of inflation. countable, uncountable

    "Even though ten years elapsed between the German hyperinflation of 1923 and the seizure of power by Hitler, it is often suggested that the two events are causally related."

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"Germany experienced hyperinflation in 1923."

Etymology

From hyper- + inflation.

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