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Definitions for: Inflation
[n] the act of filling something with air
[n] lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
[n] (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
[n] a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
Webster (1913) Definition: In*fla"tion, n. [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.]
1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being
inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion;
enlargement. --Boyle.
2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit;
vanity. --B. Jonson.
3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of
currency. [U.S.]
Synonyms: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, rising prices, splashiness
Antonyms: deflation, deflation, disinflation
See Also: cost-pull inflation, demand-pull inflation, detonation, economic process, enlargement, expansion, explosion, inelegance, inflationary spiral, reflation, stagflation
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