anti-inflationary

English

Alternative forms

antiinflationary

Etymology

anti- +‎ inflationary

Adjective

anti-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

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

intended to counteract or reverse inflation

Greek: αντιπληθωριστικός (el) (antiplithoristikós), αντιπληθωρικός (el) (antiplithorikós)
Polish: antyinflacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: anti-inflacionário, anti-inflação
Spanish: antiinflacionario

References

(antiinflationary *6),anti-inflationary at Google Ngram Viewer
6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

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