disinflationary

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adjective

Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.

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Meanings

adjectivedisinflationary (comparative more disinflationary, superlative most disinflationary)

comparative more disinflationary · superlative most disinflationary

  1. economicsExhibiting or causing reduced inflation.

    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.

    1998, James K. Galbraith, “Comments”, in Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy, page 66

Origin

From dis- + inflationary.

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APA

disinflationary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinflationary

MLA

“disinflationary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinflationary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinflationary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinflationary.

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