Recessionist

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing or relating to an economic recession.

    "[…] it will result in a slowdown of economic activity and will thus have a recessionist effect (the logical consequence of lower overall consumption and or lower overall investment), accompanied by structural changes."

Example

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"[…] it will result in a slowdown of economic activity and will thus have a recessionist effect (the logical consequence of lower overall consumption and or lower overall investment), accompanied by structural changes."

Etymology

From recession + -ist.

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