Inflation (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of filling something with air.
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Meaning 2
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 3
A general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 4
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.