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As a noun, inflation means an act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.
Meanings of inflation
9 meaningsnoun
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.
“The inflation of the balloon took five hours.”
economicsAn increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.
economicsAn increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.
“Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.”
economicsA decline in the value of money.
Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
cosmologyAn extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Similar: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffinessThe act of filling something with air
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