contractionistn.
One who advocates contraction, esp. of the paper currency: opposed to inflationist or expansionist.
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contractionist1875
deflationist1921
deflator1964
1875 Nation (N.Y.) 19 Aug. 112/2 As regards the Republican party, its own desire is to please everybody—both contractionist and inflationist, the solvent and insolvent, the creditor and the debtor.
1881 N.Y. Nation 32 160 Whether the new Secretary [of the Treasury]..would be an expansionist or a contractionist.
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