contagion
pronunciation
How to pronounce contagion in British English:
UK [kənˈteɪdʒən]
How to pronounce contagion in American English:
US [kənˈtedʒən]
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- Noun:
- any disease easily transmitted by contact
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
Word Origin
- contagion (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French contagion, from Latin contagionem (nominative contagio) "a touching, contact, contagion," related to contingere "touch closely" (see contact (n.)).
Example
- 1. But not everyone is susceptible to the yawn contagion .
- 2. Contagion of these two major economies is now imminent .
- 3. One channel of contagion involves monoline bond insurers , the specialized insurance companies that are supposed to guarantee debt .
- 4. Yet contagion was not random .
- 5. One route is financial contagion .