countercyclical
C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Moving in the opposite direction to the business cycle, so as to dampen its fluctuations.
Unemployment benefits act as a countercyclical cushion, supporting demand when jobs are lost.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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