anti-cyclicaladj.
/ˌantɪˈsɪklᵻkl/, /ˌantɪˈsʌɪklᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈsaɪklək(ə)l/, /ˌæn(t)iˈsɪklək(ə)l/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈsaɪklək(ə)l/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈsɪklək(ə)l/, /ˌæn(t)əˈsaɪklək(ə)l/, /ˌæn(t)əˈsɪklək(ə)l/ Economics.
Contrary to the prevailing trend at a particular point in an economic cycle.
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1938 Financial Times 12 May 1/4 (heading) Anti-cyclical businesses.
1959 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 95/2 Because of the anti-cyclical effect of the gold-mining industry, the industry's..importance to the economy..was decreasing.
1993 N.Y. Times 26 Sept. iii. 13/3 Analysts..counsel taking refuge in anti-cyclical stocks, those chunks of the economy that usually thrive when everything else is hurting.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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