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Meaning of 'contagion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Contagion [ n.]
- The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.
- That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease.
- The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm.
- Venom; poison.

Meaning of 'contagion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . contagion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
Example in sentence:
  • a contagion of mirth;
  • the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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