antirecessionary

[ an-tee-ri-sesh-uh-ner-ee, an-tahy- ]

adjective

1. used to counteract or offset the economic effects of a recession:

   The committee is drafting a ten-point antirecessionary program, which would concentrate on widespread public works.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antirecessionary¹

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; anti‑ + recessionary

Example Sentences

If annual budget deficits already exceed $1 trillion, and if the burden of the national debt is already at an all-time high, little room will be left for the antirecessionary measures that governments of both political parties have employed since the early 1930s.

From Wall Street Journal

Reagan has consistently favored a tax cut not as an antirecessionary measure but as a goal in itself.

From Time Magazine Archive