anti-inflationary
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom anti- + inflationary.
Adjective
editanti-inflationary (comparative more anti-inflationary, superlative most anti-inflationary)
- (economics) Intended to counteract or reverse inflation or its effects.
- A number of anti-inflationary policies were discussed by the Fed.
Usage notes
edit- anti-inflationary is several times more common than antiinflationary in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]
Translations
editintended to counteract or reverse inflation
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References
edit- ^ (antiinflationary *6),anti-inflationary at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov