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deflations

deflations is the plural of deflation.

Meaning of deflation

Noun

deflation (countable and uncountable, plural deflations)

  1. An act or instance of deflating.
    • The loss caused utter deflation and disappointment among the fans.
    Antonyms:
    inflation
  2. A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.
    Antonyms:
    inflation
  3. (euphemistic) An economic contraction.
    • Beyond that, there is the hope that deflation of the US economy which the administration has in mind will, overtime; stem the import flood.1969 March 13, “Stans to seek foreign trade”, in Christian Science Monitor
  4. The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion.

Questions about deflations

What is deflations the plural of?
Deflations is the plural of deflation.

Words near deflations in the dictionary

  1. deflationary
  2. deflationism
  3. deflationisms
  4. deflationist
  5. deflationists
  6. deflations
  7. deflative
  8. deflator
  9. deflators
  10. Deflatriots
  11. deflatulent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deflations (page history and authors); deflation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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