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countercyclical

adjective

Meaning

  1. (public policy) Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy.
  2. Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

counter-cyclical(English)procyclical(English)counterinflationary(English)antirecession(English)anti-inflationary(English)antideflation(English)counter-inflation(English)antiboom(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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