inflation
nounUS /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ · UK /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/
Etymology From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.
1
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
- The inflation of the balloon took five hours.
2
Economics, Sciences An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.
- Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
3
Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
- Antonyms
- deflation
- Derived terms
56 terms
agflation, anti-inflation, Bidenflation, bottleneck inflation, cheapflation, core inflation, cost-push inflation, counter-inflation, credential inflation, cumflation, demand-pull inflation, disinflation, eggflation, excuseflation, foodflation, friendflation, grade inflation, greedflation, greenflation, halalflation, headline inflation, hoeflation, hyperinflation, inflatino, Inflation, inflationary, inflationism, inflationist, inflationless, inflationproof, inflaton, Justinflation, lifestyle inflation, mudflation, overinflation, preinflation, reinflation, sagflation, shelflation, shitflation, shrinkflation, size inflation, skimpflation, slumpflation, sneakflation, stagflation, stretchflation, superinflation, taxflation, taxonomic inflation, tipflation, Trumpflation, underinflation, wage-push inflation, warflation, white inflation theory- Related terms
- conflation, deflation, inflate, reflation