contagion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/
Etymology
From Middle English (late 14th century), from Old French, from Latin contāgiō (“a touching, contact, contagion”) related to contingō (“touch closely”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A disease spread by contact.
- (countable, uncountable) The spread or transmission of such a disease.
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(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease. ▸ The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
It is true, they were a good-natured and respectable set of servants, who had lived so long in their places that they might be said, by a happy contagion, to have caught kindly feelings from their superiors, and, having assisted in saving the lives of the young ladies, gave them an interest in their pleasures, and a real delight in seeing those fair young faces lighted up with joy.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 242:
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(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease. ▸ 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.
And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and caused the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.
2011, George Soros, Project Syndicate, Germany Must Defend the Euro:
- (countable, uncountable) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| contagions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
behavioural contagion · anticontagion · behavioral contagion · Asian contagion · social contagion · noncontagion · contagioned · contagionism · contagionist · contagiogram
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Synonyms
Translations (61)
fi leviäminen (spread of anything harmful) · ro contagiune (transmission of a contagious disease) · oc contagion (transmission of a contagious disease) · be зара́за (transmission of a contagious disease) · ca contagi (transmission of a contagious disease) · uk зара́за (transmission of a contagious disease) · fi tarttuminen (transmission of a contagious disease) · yue 傳染 /传染 (transmission of a contagious disease) · ga tógáil (transmission of a contagious disease) · fr contagion (transmission of a contagious disease) · cs nákaza (transmission of a contagious disease) · nv naałniih (disease spread by contact) · ta தொற்று (transmission of a contagious disease) · cmn 傳染 /传染 (transmission of a contagious disease) · el μεταδοτική ασθένεια (transmission of a contagious disease) · unm mëshihweokàn (disease spread by contact) · io kontagio (transmission of a contagious disease) · nl besmettelijke ziekte (disease spread by contact) · fi tarttuva tauti (disease spread by contact) · hu ragály (transmission of a contagious disease) · ta தொற்றுநோய் (disease spread by contact) · ru зара́зная боле́знь (transmission of a contagious disease) · de Ansteckung (transmission of a contagious disease) · ga galar gabhálach (disease spread by contact) · es contagio (transmission of a contagious disease) · be інфэ́кцыя (transmission of a contagious disease) · bg зара́зяване (transmission of a contagious disease) · ga galar tógálach (disease spread by contact) · bg заразна болест (disease spread by contact) · pms contagi (disease spread by contact) · fi tartuntatauti (disease spread by contact) · gl contaxio (transmission of a contagious disease) · tr salgın (transmission of a contagious disease) · uk інфе́кція (transmission of a contagious disease) · pl zarażenie (transmission of a contagious disease) · it contagio (transmission of a contagious disease) · mi mate rere (disease spread by contact) · sk nákaza (transmission of a contagious disease) · it contagio (disease spread by contact) · mi mate mauhoro (disease spread by contact) · be інфе́кцыя (transmission of a contagious disease) · fi leviäminen (finance: situation in which a shock spreads) · hi छूत (transmission of a contagious disease) · la contāgiō (transmission of a contagious disease) · ru зара́за (transmission of a contagious disease) · ru инфе́кция (transmission of a contagious disease) · be заражэ́нне (transmission of a contagious disease) · ko 전염 (transmission of a contagious disease) · ta தொற்று (disease spread by contact) · pt contágio (transmission of a contagious disease) · ca contagió (transmission of a contagious disease) · fi tartunta (transmission of a contagious disease) · et nakkus (transmission of a contagious disease) · hu fertőzés (transmission of a contagious disease) · nl besmetting (transmission of a contagious disease) · tl lalin (transmission of a contagious disease) · bg инфе́кция (transmission of a contagious disease) · ja 伝染 (transmission of a contagious disease) · de ansteckende Krankheit (disease spread by contact) · fr contagion (disease spread by contact) · ur چُھوت (transmission of a contagious disease)