expansionary
expansionary
Definition
ex·pan·sion·ary (-s̸hə ner′ē)
adjective
directed toward expansion
expansionary
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- policy: The unions, and the left, must keep up the pressure for an expansionary economic policy.
- logic: Behind this imperial aggression against a sovereign state is both the inner, expansionary logic as well as the crisis of corporate-led capitalist globalization.
- budget: This expansionary Budget already seems out of tune with the times.
- period: The late 1980s marked a strong expansionary period for the poster industry.
Modifying Another Word
- highly: Monetary and fiscal policy has been highly expansionary both times, with periods of negative real interest rates.
- sufficiently: If they are now to be criticized for not running sufficiently expansionary fiscal policies, they will be running around like headless chickens.
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