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countercyclical

adj

Etymology

From counter- + cyclical.

  1. derived from κυκλικός
  2. borrowed from cyclicus
  3. borrowed from cyclique
  4. formed as cyclical — “cyclic + -al”
  5. prefixed as countercyclical — “counter + cyclical”

Definitions

  1. Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy.

  2. Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy.

    • The unemployment rate is countercyclical in the sense that it rises when economic growth is low and vice versa.

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Derived

countercyclically

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA