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contagion

/kənˈteɪdʒən/

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What does contagion mean?

noun

  1. A disease spread by contact.
  2. The spread or transmission of such a disease.
  3. (figuratively) The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. (figuratively) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
  2. A recession or crisis developed in such manner.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈteɪdʒən/

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Every berth in the boat was occupied by persons fleeing from the fearful contagion that was carrying off its hundreds daily.
William Wells BrownClotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's DaughterProject Gutenberg ebook #241
It is more particularly by mental contagion that armies become disaffected, being indifferent enough at heart to the established order of things.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448
More book examples (3)
I was a little depressed at first with the contagion of my wife’s fears, but very soon my thoughts reverted to the Martians.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
Because of all this he became possessed of a great pride in himself, which communicated itself like a contagion to his physical being.
Jack LondonThe call of the wildProject Gutenberg ebook #215
Direct contagion of the tendency to lie seems more than likely to take place, at least during the more plastic periods of life.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449