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   inflation

   /ɪnˈfleɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated: "the inflation of a balloon"
   • ▪ (in some theories of cosmology) a very brief exponential expansion of the universe postulated to have interrupted the standard linear expansion shortly after the Big Bang.
   • 2. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money: "policies aimed at controlling inflation"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘the condition of being inflated with a gas’): from Latin inflatio(n-), from inflare ‘blow in to’ (see inflate). inflation (sense 2) dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inflationism noun
   • 2. inflationist noun

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