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Deflation   /dɪflˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Deflation

noun
1.
(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind.
2.
A contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices.
3.
The act of letting the air out of something.



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"Deflation" Quotes from Famous Books



... diminishing of such a prostration. But, knitting his brows, he pondered on the still chaotic state of the whole data concerning the "endocrine chain," and on the fallibility of previous unequivocal pronouncements in the science of medicine. He had a slight feeling of deflation, followed by a glow of curiosity; and he returned into the house to change his ...
— Sacrifice • Stephen French Whitman


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