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nixon shock

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
nixon shock
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A series of economic measures undertaken by United States President Richard Nixon in 1971, in response to increasing inflation, the most significant of which were wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold.

Etymology

From Richard Nixon + shock.

Inflected Forms

the Nixon shock (canonical)

Rhymes With

rock stock block round rock v block lock shock clock drop lock doc knock digital clock

Questions

What does nixon shock mean?
A series of economic measures undertaken by United States President Richard Nixon in 1971, in response to increasing inflation, the most significant of which were wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold.
Where does nixon shock come from?
From Richard Nixon + shock.

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