reflationistadj.n.
/ˌriːˈfleɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌriːˈfleɪʃənɪst/, /rᵻˈfleɪʃn̩st/, /rᵻˈfleɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /rəˈfleɪʃ(ə)nəst/, /riˈfleɪʃ(ə)nəst/ Economics.
A. adj.
Advocating the use of monetary or fiscal measures to promote reflation; designating such a measure, reflationary.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] > relating to states or trends of the economy
anti-inflation1870
anti-inflationist1874
robust1886
static1890
recessionary1897
deflationary1920
inflationary1920
maximized1920
mature1928
recessional1929
anti-inflationary1932
reflationary1932
reflationist1932
Kondratieff1935
anti-cyclical1938
flatline1946
maximizing1949
stagnationist1951
countercyclical1952
recessed1956
recessive1971
stagflationary1971
flatlined1986
1932 Times 2 Mar. 13 If the curse of the present miseries of the world must be sought in higher prices, we have a choice between two schools of thought, the protectionist and the reflationist.
1955 D. A. Rustow Politics of Compromise iii. 105 The government proposed to overcome the crisis by reflationist measures.
1986 Economist (Nexis) 31 May 14 Many more Americans throw that reflationist argument at Western Europe and Japan.
2003 Albion 35 544 A convoluted policy-path, from social imperialism..to a quasi-Keynesian reflationist strategy in the 1930s.
B. n.
A person who advocates the use of monetary or fiscal measures to promote reflation.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > states or trends of the economy > forecasters or advocates of
anti-inflationist1869
inflationist1876
reflationist1932
underconsumptionist1936
stagnationist1958
1932 Times 17 June 10/1 These facts seem to me to dispose of the assumption made by Mr. Churchill and other inflationists—or ‘reflationists’—that all our troubles are due to the misdeeds of gold.
1959 Economist 31 Jan. 393/1 The next questions that eager reflationists put to him should presumably be about the date of that budget and about investment allowances.
1980 Spectator 1 Nov. 4/2 What is unique to Britain is the great strength of the reflationists in the party of the Right.
2005 G. D. Best Peddling Panaceas i. 1 The reflationists have received little attention from historians of the New Deal, being usually dismissed as inflationists, although they were actually ardent foes of inflation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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