"deflationary" meaning in English

See deflationary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/ [UK], /dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/ [US]
Etymology: From deflation + -ary. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|deflation|ary}} deflation + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} deflationary (not comparable)
  1. Associated with or tending to cause deflation. Tags: not-comparable Translations (associated with or tending to cause deflation): deflacionista (Catalan), deflatoir (Dutch), deflatorinen (Finnish), déflationniste (French), deflacyjny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-deflationary-en-adj-Qkhj7vqk Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'associated with or tending to cause deflation': 98 2
  2. (philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-deflationary-en-adj-xsiMSxys Categories (other): Logic, Philosophy, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ary, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antideflationary, deflationarily, nondeflationary
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