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inflationism

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in⋅fla⋅tion⋅ism

  [in-fley-shuh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
Origin:
1915–20; inflation + -ism
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in·fla·tion·ist   (ĭn-flā'shə-nĭst)   
n.  An advocate of the policy of deliberate inflation achieved by increasing the supply of available currency and credit.
in·fla'tion·ism n., in·fla'tion·ist adj.
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