contagion.
A disease spread by contact.
Meaning & usage
A disease spread by contact.
The spread or transmission of such a disease.
The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease. The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
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.
A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English (late 14th century), from Old French, from Latin contāgiō (“a touching, contact, contagion”) related to contingō (“touch closely”).
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