Contagion

Word CONTAGION
Character 9
Hyphenation con ta gion
Pronunciations /kənˈteɪdʒən/

Definitions and meanings of "Contagion"

What do we mean by contagion?

Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact. noun

A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease. noun

The direct cause, such as a bacterium or virus, of a communicable disease. noun

The spread of a behavior pattern, attitude, or emotion from person to person or group to group through suggestion, propaganda, rumor, or imitation. noun

A harmful, corrupting influence. noun

The tendency to spread, as of a doctrine, influence, or emotional state. noun

Infectious contact or communication; specifically and commonly, the communication of a disease from one person or brute to another. noun

Hence The communication of a state of feeling, particularly of moral feeling, or of ideas, from one person to another; especially, the communication of moral evil; propagation of mischief; infection: as, the contagion of enthusiasm; the contagion of vice or of evil example. noun

Contagium. noun

Pestilential influence; malarial or poisonous exhalations. noun

A contagious disease. noun

The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact. noun

That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease. noun

The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart. noun

Venom; poison. noun

A disease spread by contact noun

The spread or transmission of such a disease noun

The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease noun

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. noun

A disease spread by contact

The spread or transmission of such a disease

(by extension) the spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease

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

A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner

(v) to go to extreme measures to avoid getting sick as in wearing a gas mask. Urban Dictionary

A group of anti-vaxxers Urban Dictionary

Collective noun that describes a gathering of people during the COVID19 pandemic Urban Dictionary

A cool guy that plays video games. Owns all the hardcore ladies. But still keeps the one main honey. Urban Dictionary

A strong attraction to Asian women. It may be either short lived or a chronic condition. Urban Dictionary

Certain ideas or attributes of a subject are eventually spread to others in the group. Group Contagion effect is a result of Syndrome E. Urban Dictionary

An expansion of the condition 'aphasia' which implies an affliction where the sufferer experiences loss of ability to articulate ideas, thus elaborated more precisely to define that which individuals living in Tibetan China are experiencing current under Chinese rule. Urban Dictionary

People who ignorantly believe that governments are overreacting to the covid-19 pandemic. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Contagion

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The word "contagion" in example sentences

Also, the euro debt - again, we hear the term contagion - has the possibility of affecting everything economic, not just solar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's strange, the use of the word "contagion" with respect to financial markets.

It was fine of Ginger, and if the old woman caught some contagion from the "no end o 'meat" on the pork-ribs, it was still fine, though not so fine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In other words, their models did not have a built-in contagion or domino effect. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It added that Greece's support package would also benefit other members of the euro zone by curbing the severe risk of near-term contagion that would probably have resulted from a disorderly payment default or large haircut on outstanding Greek debt. ❋ Natasha Brereton-Fukui (2011)

Returning bottles and cans to a filthy nest of contagion is ridiculous and archaic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then again contagion apocalypse films often follow along the lines of zombie apocalypse, but usually without the devouring a flesh. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The contagion is sweeping me off my feet -- I, too, want to shout, The ❋ Unknown (2010)

But with Moody's pointing out possible contagion from the Greek situation to the banking sector, Barclays is down 4. 9p to 317. 85p while Lloyds Banking Group is 0. 1p lower at 60p. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In other words, the bailout was aimed in large measure at stopping contagion from the Greek debt markets from infecting other European markets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In its statement Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia observed that contagion from the Greek crisis hadn't spread beyond Europe and said its dominant concern was robust growth in China. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The cost of insuring the debt of Western European sovereign borrowers against default rose further early Wednesday, as worries about contagion from the Greek debt crisis continued to grip financial markets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

*[cough cough] [cough]* Are you sick? I'm about to go contagion on [your ass]. ❋ Truth Serum Now (2011)

A [contagion] has [gathered] at the park to spread [measles] to each other. ❋ Resurchvax (2018)

The police would have to daily [disperse] the contagions on the [beaches] throughout the [Spring] of 2020. ❋ HerdmanMom (2020)

That Contagion [owns] all the hardcore [ladies] while [playing video games], but still keeps the one main honey. ❋ A Contagion (2004)

That bar last night gave me [the Asian] [Contagion]. That place was [Thai] heaven! ❋ TheRealCubert (2009)

Group Contagion effect can be seen in Germany during the [3rd] [Riech] under [Hitler's] rule. ❋ Flintlocke314 (2018)

Jane: "Did you hear that YouTube & Google were down over the weekend [in Tibet]? I don't know what's going on with the protests!" John: "I know. The people there got struck with a case of ([AAC]) or Asian Aphasian [Contagion]. ❋ Joe (Bigsky770) (2008)

It's [3/20]/20 and I'm in Colorado, surrounded by [contagion deniers]. When the Tsunami of sick hits by the first week of April, contagion deniers won't exist, just [sorry people] who didn't practiçe social distancing when it mattered. ❋ Kdelik (2020)

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