In a manner that opposes or acts contrary to regular cyclical patterns.
From anticyclical + -ly (adverb suffix). This economic/scientific adverb describes how policies or phenomena operate counter to expected cycles.
When economists say a government should spend anticyclically during recessions, they're describing one of those things that's mathematically obvious but practically nearly impossible—because cutting spending when you're losing tax revenue feels wrong, even if it's economically right.
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