In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
COUNTERCYCLICAL
Etymology
Adjective
countercyclical (comparative more countercyclical, superlative most countercyclical)
(public policy) Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy.
(economics) Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy.
Antonyms
• procyclical
Source: Wiktionary
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