contagion

[Con*ta·gion]

Have you ever noticed how when one person yawns, the people around him tend to do so as well? This phenomenon can be described as a contagion, the spreading of an emotional or mental state (in this case, fatigue).

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The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

Noun
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

Noun
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Noun
any disease easily transmitted by contact


n.
The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

n.
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.

n.
The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm.

n.
Venom; poison.


Contagion

Con*ta"gion , n. [L. contagio: cf. F. contagion. See Contact.] 1. (Med.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact. &hand; The term has been applied by some to the action of miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter, bogs, fens, etc., but in this sense it is now abandoned. Dunglison.
And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night?
2. 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. 3. The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm. "The contagion of example." Eikon Basilike.
When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion.
4. Venom; poison. [Obs.] "I'll touch my point with this contagion." Shak. Syn. -- See Infection.

The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

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Usage Examples

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion.

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

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Other Usage Examples

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

War is a contagion.

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