reflation
/ɹiːˈfleɪʃən/noun
reflation is a noun meaning “The act of restoring a deflated general level of prices to a previous or desired level” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-L-A-T-I-O-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of reflation is reflations.
What does reflation mean?
noun
- 1
The act of restoring a deflated general level of prices to a previous or desired level.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reflation?
- /ɹiːˈfleɪʃən/
Reflation has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reflation
- reflations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reflation?
Reflation appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Reflation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of restoring deflated prices:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Reflation |
| Portuguese | reflação |
| Spanish | reflación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does reflation come from?
From reflate + -ion, parallel to deflation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).