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deflation
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deflation as in:  economic deflation

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  • But he was too well-practiced in self-deflation, so said, —I'll be part of the team.†  (source)
  • GUIL: No. Deflation.†  (source)
  • I follow the same tortured trajectory over and over—from my rush of disbelieving joy to my crashing deflation.†  (source)
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  • The sense of deflation made her feel ridiculous.†  (source)
  • Alan had the feeling, looking at Brad's deflation, that this was among the bigger disappointments of his life.†  (source)
  • I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.†  (source)
    deflation = a general decline in prices
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