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
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