contagion

pronunciation

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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 .

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