inflation - noun

a general and progressive increase in prices

(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

the act of filling something with air

inflation - thesaurus

ostentation   ostentatiousness   pomposity   pompousness   pretentiousness   puffiness   splashiness