"deflation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfleɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deflation.wav Forms: deflations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From deflate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|deflate|ion}} deflate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deflation (countable and uncountable, plural deflations)
  1. An act or instance of deflating. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (instance of deflating): dezumflare [feminine] (Romanian), выка́чивание (vykáčivanije) (alt: во́здуха, га́за) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deflation-en-noun-wJoHzEJB Disambiguation of 'instance of deflating': 72 19 4 5
  2. (economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Translations (decrease in the general price level): انْكِماش (inkamaša) (Arabic), дефлация (deflacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), deflació [feminine] (Catalan), 通貨緊縮 (Chinese Mandarin), 通货紧缩 (tōnghuò jǐnsuō) (Chinese Mandarin), deflace [feminine] (Czech), deflatie (Dutch), deflatsioon (Estonian), deflaatio (Finnish), déflation [feminine] (French), deflación [feminine] (Galician), Deflation [feminine] (German), αποπληθωρισμός (apoplithorismós) [masculine] (Greek), verðhjöðnun [feminine] (Icelandic), deflasi (Indonesian), deflation (Interlingua), deflazione [feminine] (Italian), デフレーション (defurēshon) (Japanese), 通貨収縮 (tsūka jūshuku) (english: currency contraction) (alt: つうかしゅうしゅく) (Japanese), 収縮 (jūshuku) (alt: しゅうしゅく) (Japanese), អប្បផរណា (ap pak por ro nar) (Khmer), 디플레이션 (dipeulleisyeon) (Korean), 디플레 (dipeulle) (Korean), 통화 수축 (tonghwa suchuk) (alt: 通貨收縮) (Korean), 통화 축소 (tonghwa chukso) (alt: 通貨縮小) (Korean), deflasi (Malay), Deflasjon (Norwegian), deflacja [feminine] (Polish), deflação [feminine] (Portuguese), дефля́ция (defljácija) [feminine] (Russian), сниже́ние цен (snižénije cen) [neuter] (Russian), deflacija (Serbo-Croatian), дефлација [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), deflación [feminine] (Spanish), deflation (Swedish), เงินฝืด (ngən-fʉ̀ʉt) (Thai), ภาวะเงินฝืด (paa-wá-ngən-fʉ̀ʉt) (Thai), (sự) giảm giá (Vietnamese)
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  3. (economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction. Tags: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Translations (economic contraction): deflasi (Indonesian), дефля́ция (defljácija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deflation-en-noun-b5WcHAHF Categories (other): English euphemisms Topics: economics, sciences Disambiguation of 'economic contraction': 1 4 93 2
  4. (geology) The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology Translations (removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind): 吹蝕 (Chinese Mandarin), 吹蚀 (chuīshí) (Chinese Mandarin), deflation (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deflation-en-noun-fvWBeCRQ Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind': 1 4 2 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antideflation, deflational, deflationary, deflationism, deflationist Related terms: disinflation

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
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          "roman": "tonghwa chukso",
          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
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          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
          "word": "deflasi"
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          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
          "word": "Deflasjon"
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          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
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          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
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          "roman": "defljácija",
          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
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          "word": "дефля́ция"
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          "roman": "snižénije cen",
          "sense": "decrease in the general price level",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuīshí",
      "sense": "removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind",
      "word": "吹蚀"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind",
      "word": "deflation"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "deflation"
  ],
  "word": "deflation"
}

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