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recessionist

recessionist adjective: causing or relating to an economic recession.

Adjective

recessionist (comparative more recessionist, superlative most recessionist)

  1. Causing or relating to an economic recession.
    • […] it will result in a slowdown of economic activity and will thus have a recessionist effect (the logical consequence of lower overall consumption and or lower overall investment), accompanied by structural changes.2012, Bertrand Chateau, B. Lapillonne, Energy Demand: Facts and Trends: A Comparative Analysis of Industrialized ...

Forms of recessionist

comparativemore recessionist
superlativemost recessionist

Origin of recessionist

From recession + -ist.

Questions about recessionist

What does recessionist mean?
Recessionist means causing or relating to an economic recession.
What part of speech is recessionist?
Recessionist is an adjective.

Words near recessionist in the dictionary

  1. recession pop
  2. recessional
  3. recessionals
  4. recessionarily
  5. recessionary
  6. recessionist
  7. recessionista
  8. recessionistas
  9. recessionitis
  10. recessionlike
  11. recessionproof

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