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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.