cyclical

[sahy-kli-kuh l, sik-li-]

adjective

of or denoting a business or stock whose income, value, or earnings fluctuate widely according to variations in the economy or the cycle of the seasons: Selling Christmas decorations is a cyclical business.

noun

Usually cyclicals. stocks of cyclical companies.

Origin of cyclical

First recorded in 1810–20; cyclic + -al¹

Related formscy·cli·cal·ly, adverbcy·cli·cal·i·ty, nounnon·cy·cli·cal, adjectivenon·cy·cli·cal·ly, adverbpro·cy·cli·cal, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of procyclical

Currency problems are procyclical, which is to say that they create their own momentum.
Putin Can’t Bully or Bomb a Recession
Daniel Gross
December 16, 2014

Word Origin and History for procyclical

cyclical

adj.

1817, from cyclic + -al (1).