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inflationist

American  
[in-flay-shuh-nist] / ɪnˈfleɪ ʃə nɪst /

noun

  1. an advocate of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.


Etymology

Origin of inflationist

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; inflation + -ist


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So why is such inflationist thinking regaining ground?

From Economist ● Aug. 9, 2013

“The one thing your inflationist cannot have too much of is inflation,” the editorial said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2013

To find out how expert opinion stood, the inflationist Committee for the Nation polled economists but declined to publish the results, alleging that economic opinion was "divided."

From Time Magazine Archive

One day an inflationist, the next a deflationist.

From Time Magazine Archive

This early period of inflation propaganda has been described as "the social reform period, or the wage-earners' period of greenbackism, as distinguished from the inflationist, or farmers' period that followed."

From The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics by Solon J. (Solon Justus) Buck

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