immunity
pronunciation
How to pronounce immunity in British English:
UK [ɪˈmjuːnəti]
How to pronounce immunity in American English:
US [ɪˈmjuːnəti]
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- Noun:
- the state of not being susceptible
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the quality of being unaffected by something
- an act exempting someone
Word Origin
- immunity (n.)
- late 14c., "exempt from service or obligation," from Old French immunité and directly from Latin immunitatem (nominative immunitas) "exemption from performing public service or charge," from immunis "exempt, free," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + munis "performing services" (compare municipal), from PIE *moi-n-es-, suffixed form of root *mei- (1) "to change" (see mutable). Medical sense "protection from disease" is 1879, from French or German.
Example
- 1. Public sector jobs carry immunity or a government indemnity .
- 2. Remember : stress and anxiety wreak havoc on your immunity .
- 3. Eg. the vaccine provides effective immunity within one week for 95 % of persons vaccinated .
- 4. No one now talks about sovereignty conferring immunity .
- 5. Living in urban areas has helped people develop an immunity to diseases , a study published today suggested .