deflation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act or instance of deflating.
2. (countable, uncountable) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.
3. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) An economic contraction.
4. (countable, uncountable) The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion.

Opposite of

inflation

Synonyms

disinflation

contraction

constriction

shrinking

convergency

astringency

decline

decrease

deflate

detente

devaluation

disparagement

ebb

evacuation

exhaustion

flat

recession

slums

understatement

voidance

exenteration

disparagment

abatement

currency deflation

amelioration

anticlimax

belittlement

blowout

debasement

Translations

déflation

Deflation

deflación

deflazione

deflação

deflació

deflatie

αντιπληθωρισμός

deflacción

ύφεση

αντιπληθωριδμός

υποτίμηση

deflatio

Entleerung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈfleɪʃən/

Etymology

From deflate + -ion.