reinflationn.
/ˌriːɪnˈfleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈfleɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of inflating something again.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > condition of being inflated > inflating > again
reinflation1840
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > inflation with air or gas > fresh inflation
reinflation1840
1840 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov.–Dec. 393 Masses of property bought at speculative prices, and which could only resume a vitality and a value now extinguished, through the process of a re-inflation of the bubble of the ‘system’.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 245 Reinflation of lung under such conditions..is often impossible.
1950 Times 22 Dec. 8/1 The reinflation of Government debt.
2003 J. C. Alexander Meanings of Social Life viii. 217 It would be astonishing if this reinflation of mass political drama did not manifest itself in equally marked shifts in intellectual theorizing about politics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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