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Word: Deflation
Speech Type: Noun
late 19th century (in the sense ‘release of air from something inflated’): from deflate; deflation (sense 3) via German from Latin deflat- ‘blown away’, from the verb deflare
ˌdiːˈfleɪʃn
dɪˈfleɪʃn
the action or process of deflating or being deflated
Short Definition:action or process of deflating or being deflated
Examples:- the deflation of the illusion that the 1960s were a perpetual party
reduction of the general level of prices in an economy
Short Definition:reduction of general level of prices in economy
Examples:- a time of high unemployment and deflation
- a long deflation lasted until about 1896
the removal of particles of rock, sand, etc. by the wind.
Short Definition:removal of particles of rock, sand
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