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English noun: contagion | |||
| 1. | contagion (state) any disease easily transmitted by contact | ||
| Synonyms | contagious disease | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicable disease | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, diphtheria, dose, flu, grippe, influenza, measles, morbilli, pox, rubeola, scarlatina, scarlet fever, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, trench mouth, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse, Vincent's angina, Vincent's infection | ||
| 2. | contagion (event) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | ||
| Synonyms | infection, transmission | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incident | ||
| 3. | contagion (communication) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | ||
| Samples | A contagion of mirth. The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry. | ||
| Synonyms | infection | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communication | ||
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