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contracyclical

contracyclical adjective: tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle.

Adjective

contracyclical (comparative more contracyclical, superlative most contracyclical)

  1. Tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle.
    • The government cut taxes during the recession as a contracyclical measure.

Forms of contracyclical

comparativemore contracyclical
superlativemost contracyclical

Origin of contracyclical

From contra- + cyclical.

Words formed from contracyclical

Questions about contracyclical

What does contracyclical mean?
Contracyclical means tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle.
What part of speech is contracyclical?
Contracyclical is an adjective.

Words near contracyclical in the dictionary

  1. contractural
  2. contracture
  3. contractured
  4. contractures
  5. contracultural
  6. contracyclical
  7. contracyclically
  8. contradance
  9. contradances
  10. contradancing
  11. contradanse

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