inflationism

[ in-fley-shuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.

inflationism

/ ɪnˈfleɪʃəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the advocacy or policy of inflation through expansion of the supply of money and credit

Derived Forms

• inˈflationist, nounadjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inflationism¹

First recorded in 1915–20; inflation + -ism

Example Sentences

Those to whom the system brings windfalls, beyond their deserts and even beyond their expectations or desires, become ‘profiteers,’ who are the object of the hatred of the bourgeoisie, whom the inflationism has impoverished, not less than of the proletariat.

From Forbes

"But in his 2007-8 presidential campaign he emphasized excessive spending, ill-advised foreign intervention, and dangerous inflationism by the Federal Reserve, and all those issues have become more prominent and more popular among Republican voters in the past four years."

From Slate

But the public library, under the existing inflationism, must not only pay too much for its popular books; it must also house them at a needless outlay, and must very early duplicate a serious percentage of their first cost in rebinding them.

From Project Gutenberg

Those to whom the system brings windfalls, beyond their deserts and even beyond their expectations or desires, become "profiteers,", who are the object of the hatred of the bourgeoisie, whom the inflationism has impoverished, not less than of the proletariat.

From Project Gutenberg

The inflationism of the currency systems of Europe has proceeded to extraordinary lengths.

From Project Gutenberg