[{"word":"countercyclical","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"(public policy) Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The unemployment rate is countercyclical in the sense that it rises when economic growth is low and vice versa."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["procyclical"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/countercyclical"]}]