Epidemic

Word EPIDEMIC
Character 8
Hyphenation ep i dem ic
Pronunciations /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Epidemic"

What do we mean by epidemic?

Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time. adjective

Widely prevalent. adjective

An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely. noun

A rapid spread, growth, or development. noun

Common to or affecting a whole people or a great number in a community; generally diffused and prevalent.

A temporary prevalence of a disease throughout a community: as, an epidemic of smallpox. noun

The disease thus prevalent. noun

An epidemic disease. noun

Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies. noun

Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; See endemic. adjective

Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does adjective

A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population. noun

An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. noun

Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread adjective

(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously adjective

A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time noun

A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.

An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.

1. (dictionary) Widespread contagion, usually a bacteria or virus, that kills or severly sickens a large number people in a particular geographic area. 2. (American Media) Half-assed drug or dumbass activity that kills a couple suburban white kids, usually in the Baltimore area for some reason. Urban Dictionary

A disease that has started killing white people. Until then, it's just a disease, regardless of how many have already died. Urban Dictionary

Something that is cooler than cool... Urban Dictionary

Awesome general positive adjective. Urban Dictionary

A song by polo g Urban Dictionary

When all the pussy in the residence hall is taken by random douchebags who live out of state. Urban Dictionary

A joke epidemic is when in a certain period of time, everyone is making the same jokes or about the same subject. It's usually after an event that got a lot of media coverage. Synonyms: Joke pandemic and joke infection Urban Dictionary

A tag epidemic usually occurs on Facebook. What happens is, a person will tag a lot of other people on a photo and then the people tagged also tag more people. What ends up happening is that more and more people are tagged and leave comments on the photos that turn to full conversations between 30 people, which in turn leaves many, many notifications to check, and clogged email. A recent picture has been a cartoon picture with names describing a trait of your friends and tells you to tag others. Has been known to cause severe frustration, telling people to shut up or stop commenting, and untagging. It has also been known to be a cyber disease. They may also cause your email inbox to look like spam. Urban Dictionary

An epidemic taking the community of patronizing coworkers by storm. It was discovered in the year 2016 by the same man who discovered Hubert's Constant. Symptoms include and are absolutely not limited to the following: Affected person(s): -will suddenly happen to know everything about everything. -will correct every pointless slip of the tongue or grammar mistake that you noticed but didn't bother to fix due to the lack of importance. -will usually begin their sentences with either "aaaactually....", "You DO know...", "You DO realize..." or some other cocky, condescending way of trying to educate you about something. -are incapable of humility. -are incapable of admitting they do not know something. -usually come up with shit. -will use big words they don't understand to sound more photosynthesis. -will repeat their 'intelligent' remarks until confirmation that somebody heard them. This may take days. This sickness is especially contagious in children exceeding the age of 18. There is currently no cure but death. Urban Dictionary

Something, like a note, that spreads like wildfire throughout facebook. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Epidemic

The word "epidemic" in example sentences

While I've argued plenty of times before about the media's irrepressibly giddy lust for slapping the term "epidemic" on any and every problem that effects a large enough group, there are far too many obscenely overweight people across this great land of ours, and if you think it's simply a personal decision that affects no one but them and the Wal-Mart scooters whose suspension systems they push to the point of collapse, think again. ❋ Chez Pazienza (2011)

Authorities in Mexico, where 40 more deaths are suspected to have resulted from the disease, and some 1,000 patients are under observation, are already using the term epidemic, but the WHO has not yet gone so far.

MARC, Haiti — Haiti's cholera epidemic is adding fresh urgency to the need to upgrade the country's water and sanitation network, a pivotal step to containing the highly infectious and deadly disease that spreads through contaminated water. ❋ Ingrid Arnesen (2010)

Mr. Vance criticized what he called an epidemic of "greed and corruption" that imposes "a hidden billion-dollar-a-year-tax on New York City's construction industry." ❋ Tamer El-Ghobashy (2011)

Now, last month, as many people know, the airlines and the FAA met to talk about just how to fix what they call epidemic delays, especially at JFK. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Personally, who do you think is responsible for what you call the epidemic of obesity? ❋ Unknown (2003)

JULIE GERBERDING, CDC DIRECTOR: It has not reach what we call the epidemic threshold in terms of deaths from influenza-like illness, but we wouldn't be surprised to see that happen given the pattern that's emerging right now .. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Public health experts have used the comparison to draw attention to the nation's growing prescription drug problem, which they characterize as an epidemic. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott, a Republican, launched an investigation in 2005 to uncover what he called an "epidemic" of voter fraud. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Asked what concern the U.S. has with the word "epidemic," Andy Laine, a spokesman for the State Department in Washington, said he couldn't "go into specifics" about ongoing talks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This swine flu "epidemic" is mainly produced by the media. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stefan -- I really like Rob, but the meth "epidemic" is a total myth, and has been proven to be so. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A: The childhood obesity epidemic is alarming, and I don't think it gets the attention it deserves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

1. The [SARS] epidemic of 2003 killed hundreds and [hospitalized] thousands in China and Toronto. 2. Stone Phillips reporting on the highway surfing epidemic... Ashleigh [Banfield] to follow with an expose on the paint-huffing epidemic. ❋ The Evil Steve (2005)

AIDS is a disease that started [in Africa]. But now it's an epidemic that has [hit the gay] community in [San Francisco]. ❋ D3uteron (2009)

That [party] was 'epidemic' [yo]!! ❋ Long Kim Duong And Quoc Phan (2004)

That's epidemic, [dude]! ❋ Shdklashdas (2009)

you [hear] thatthats epidemic ❋ @ayana (2020)

Damn, there are so many [hot chicks] here. [Too bad] there is [a fucking] boyfriend epidemic. ❋ Dlcopperfield (2009)

Person A: If I hear [one more] Kanye West joke, imma not let you finish. Person B: Dude, you're totally [contributing] to the [joke epidemic]! ❋ Meanum (2009)

Guy 1- "Dude, that new picture is a [helluva] [tag epidemic]. I went home to go on Facebook and I had [178] notifications! All about one picture! People were even talking about the tag epidemic on the photo." Guy 2- "Luckily I got only 56 notifications" ❋ XavierCG (2009)

"Hey man! I think I just [put a pin in that] really annoying thing people do! I call it The Hubert Epidemic!" "AAACTUALLY, you DO REALIZE that what you REALLY MEANT was PANDEMIC?! EPIDEMIC isn't worldwide! [You DO KNOW] that RIGHT?!" "Of course I do" "WELL THEN I just CAN'T comprehend WHY someone would make SUCH a [STUPID mistake]." "... Fuck you man" ❋ Inevitibility (2017)

[Facebook Epidemic]: Rules: Once you've been [tagged], you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose at least 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.(Or I just literally tagged [randoms] eventually) (To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.) ❋ Cmakk (2009)

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