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deflationary.

Associated with or tending to cause deflation.

12 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/UK/dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/US
  1. Associated with or tending to cause deflation.

    not-comparable
  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
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English deflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English deflation Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English deflationary From deflation + -ary.

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