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deflationary

UK/dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/US/dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/

deflationary adjective: associated with or tending to cause deflation.

Adjective

deflationary (not comparable)

  1. Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
    Antonyms:
    inflationary
  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.

Antonyms of deflationary

Origin of deflationary

From deflation + -ary.

Words formed from deflationary

Questions about deflationary

What does deflationary mean?
Deflationary means associated with or tending to cause deflation.
What part of speech is deflationary?
Deflationary is an adjective.
How do you pronounce deflationary?
Deflationary is pronounced /dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/ (UK).

Words near deflationary in the dictionary

  1. deflating
  2. deflatingly
  3. deflation
  4. deflational
  5. deflationarily
  6. deflationary
  7. deflationism
  8. deflationisms
  9. deflationist
  10. deflationists
  11. deflations

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