"shrinkflation" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of shrink + inflation. Popularized by economist Pippa Malmgren. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|shrink|inflation}} Blend of shrink + inflation Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shrinkflation (uncountable)
  1. (economics, informal, neologism) The practice of making products smaller while continuing to market them at the same price. Wikipedia link: Pippa Malmgren Tags: informal, neologism, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Related terms: shitflation, skimpflation Translations (Translations): şrinkflyasiya (Azerbaijani), reduflació [feminine] (Catalan), krimpflatie [feminine] (Dutch), réduflation [feminine] (French), shrinkflation [feminine, rare] (French), reduflación [feminine] (Galician), შრინკფლაცია (šrinḳplacia) (Georgian), Shrinkflation [feminine] (German), Schrumpflation [feminine] (German), zsugorfláció (Hungarian), krympflasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), krympflasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), reduflação [feminine] (Portuguese), шринкфля́ция (šrinkfljácija) [feminine] (Russian), reduflación [feminine] (Spanish), krympflation [common-gender] (Swedish), шрінкфля́ція (šrinkfljácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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