Thesaurus: inflation

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1. n. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
2. n. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.
3. n. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.
4. n. a general and progressive increase in prices
5. n. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
6. n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
7. n. the act of filling something with air
8. 1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle. 2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson. 3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.]
9. n:100 n. a general and progressive increase in prices n. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang n. the act of filling something with air