nnoun.processa general and progressive increase in pricesSynset:rising prices
Examples:- in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
Antonyms:disinflationdeflation
Derivationally Related Form:inflationaryinflate
Hypernyms:economic process
Inherited Hypernyms:inflationeconomic processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:cost-pull inflationdemand-pull inflationreflationstagflation
Full Hyponyms:cost-pull inflationdemand-pull inflationreflationstagflation
nnoun.event(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bangTopic:cosmogenycosmogonycosmology
Hypernyms:blowup detonation explosion
Inherited Hypernyms:inflationexplosiondischargehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.attributelack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanitySynset:ostentation ostentatiousness pomposity pompousness pretentiousness puffiness splashiness
Derivationally Related Form:pretentiousostentatiouspompous
Hypernyms:inelegance
Inherited Hypernyms:ostentationinelegancequalityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of filling something with airAntonyms:deflation
Derivationally Related Form:inflate
Hypernyms:enlargement expansion
Inherited Hypernyms:inflationexpansionincreasechange of magnitudechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity