Recessionary

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a recession.

    "This article develops the idea of resilience and examines its usefulness as an aid to understanding the reaction of regional economies to major recessionary shocks."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to a recession wordnet

Synonyms

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recessive

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"This article develops the idea of resilience and examines its usefulness as an aid to understanding the reaction of regional economies to major recessionary shocks."

Etymology

From recession + -ary.

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