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English

Etymology

hyper- +? inflation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

hyperinflation (plural hyperinflations)

1. (economics) A very high rate of inflation.
   • 1985, Leon N. Lindberg, Charles S. Maier, Brian M. Barry, The Politics of inflation and economic stagnation, page 74

     Even though ten years elapsed between the German hyperinflation of 1923 and the seizure of power by Hitler, it is often suggested that the two events are causally related.

   • 1987, Philip Cagan, "Hyperinflation", in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics

     Only inconvertible paper currencies can be expanded rapidly without limit to generate hyperinflation.

   • 2004, John Barkley Rosser, Marina V. Rosser, Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy, page 236

     When hyperinflation peaked, wheelbarrows full of money were required to shop for groceries.

Usage notes

• There is no precise quantitative level that defines hyperinflation. A conventionally used threshold is 50% annual inflation.
• At hyperinflationary levels, both the money supply and the price level are inflated at great rates.

Related terms

• deflation

Translations

Further reading

• hyperinflation at OneLook Dictionary Search

Danish

Etymology

hyper- +? inflation

Noun

hyperinflation

1. hyperinflation

Further reading

• “hyperinflation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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