inflation

nouns

a general and progressive increase in prices

"in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"

inflation, rising prices

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(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

inflation

domain category

the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

is a type of (narrower)

a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

the act of filling something with air

inflation

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the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope