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Meaning of 'infection' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Infection [ n.]
- The act or process of infecting.
- That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
- The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
- That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
- Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
- Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

Meaning of 'infection' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . infection [ 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
Meaning (2):
- moral corruption or contamination
Example in sentence:
  • ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable

Nearby Words:

infabricated infallibilist infallibility infallible infallibleness infallibly infame infamies infamize infamized

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