ALL meanings of contagion
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C c - uncountable noun contagion Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease. 3
- singular noun contagion You can use contagion to refer to the spreading of ideas, or attitudes, or feelings that you consider to be bad or unacceptable from one group of people to another. 3
- countable noun contagion A contagion is a contagious disease. 3
- noun contagion the transmission of disease from one person to another by direct or indirect contact 3
- noun contagion a contagious disease 3
- noun contagion a corrupting or harmful influence that tends to spread; pollutant 3
- noun contagion the spreading of an emotional or mental state among a number of people 3
- noun contagion the spreading of disease from one individual to another by direct or indirect contact 3
- noun contagion any disease thus spread; contagious disease 3
- noun contagion the causative agent of a communicable disease; bacteria or virus 3
- noun contagion contagious quality 3
- noun contagion the spreading of an emotion, idea, custom, etc. from person to person until many are affected 3
- noun contagion the emotion, idea, etc. so spread 3
- noun contagion a bad influence that tends to spread; corruption 3
- noun contagion the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. 1
- noun contagion a disease so communicated. 1
- noun contagion the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. 1
- noun contagion harmful or undesirable contact or influence. 1
- noun contagion the ready transmission or spread as of an idea or emotion from person to person: a contagion of fear. 1
- noun contagion The communication of disease from one person to another by close contact. 1
- noun contagion A disease spread by contact. 0
- noun contagion The spread or transmission of such a disease. 0
- noun contagion The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease. 0
- noun contagion (finance) A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy. 0
- noun contagion (finance) A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner. 0