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Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.
Lawrence Summers

Meaning of "contagion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTAGION

From Latin contāgiō a touching, infection, from contingere.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTAGION

contagion  [kənˈteɪdʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTAGION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contagion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTAGION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contagion in the English dictionary

The first definition of contagion in the dictionary is the transmission of disease from one person to another by direct or indirect contact. Other definition of contagion is a contagious disease. Contagion is also a corrupting or harmful influence that tends to spread; pollutant.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTAGION


alloantigen
ˌæləʊˈæntɪdʒən
antigen
ˈæntɪdʒən
antireligion
ˌæntɪrɪˈlɪdʒən
Bajan
ˈbeɪdʒən
Cajun
ˈkeɪdʒən
dihydrogen
daɪˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
florigen
ˈflɒrɪdʒən
Harijan
ˈhʌrɪdʒən
hydrogen
ˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
indigen
ˈɪndɪdʒən
irreligion
ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒən
mucigen
ˈmjuːsɪdʒən
oxygen
ˈɒksɪdʒən
religion
rɪˈlɪdʒən
smidgen
ˈsmɪdʒən
smidgeon
ˈsmɪdʒən
smidgin
ˈsmɪdʒən
Trajan
ˈtreɪdʒən
widgeon
ˈwɪdʒən
wigeon
ˈwɪdʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTAGION

contact sport
contactable
contactee
contactless
contactor
contactual
contactually
contadina
contadino
contagia
contagionist
contagious
contagious abortion
contagious ecthyma
contagious stomatitis
contagiously
contagiousness
contagium
contain
containable

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTAGION

American Legion
behavioural contagion
bioregion
British Legion
Central Region
Ceredigion
critical region
E region
ecoregion
F region
foreign legion
French Foreign Legion
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
legion
region
Royal British Legion
Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region
subregion
trisagion
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Synonyms and antonyms of contagion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTAGION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contagion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contagion

Translation of «contagion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTAGION

Find out the translation of contagion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contagion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contagion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

传染
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contagio
570 millions of speakers

English

contagion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छूत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العدوى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зараза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contágio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রোগসংক্রমণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contagion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penularan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ansteckung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

伝染
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감염
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contagion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự truyền nhiểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பகிர்தலின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संसर्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bulaşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contagio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaraza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зараза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contagiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετάδοσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besmetting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smitta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smitte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contagion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTAGION»

The term «contagion» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.817 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTAGION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contagion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contagion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contagion

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9 QUOTES WITH «CONTAGION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contagion.
1
Henri Frederic Amiel
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
2
Harry Crews
He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure.
3
Frans de Waal
I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around. Or all of them are grumpy. Or all of them are sleepy and settle down. In such cases, the mood contagion serves the function of synchronizing activities.
4
Marianne Moore
As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.
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Charles Jules Henry Nicole
Of all the problems which were open to me for study, typhus was the most urgent and the most unexplored. We knew nothing of the way in which contagion spread.
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Charles Jules Henry Nicole
The fact that I was fortunate enough to escape contagion, in spite of frequent, sometimes daily contacts with the disease, was because I soon guessed how it spread.
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Peer Steinbruck
If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union, that the eurozone, no longer necessarily consists of 17 member states. And that means to make provisions so that other countries are not pulled into the maelstrom through contagion.
8
Lawrence Summers
Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.
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Thornton Wilder
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTAGION»

Discover the use of contagion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contagion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contagion
The New York Times best-seller narrates the cautionary tale of a deadly epidemic spread not only by microbes but by sinister sabotage designed to bring down the corporate titans of health care. Reissue.
Robin Cook, 1996
2
Emotional Contagion
This phenomenon, known as emotional contagion, is identified here, and compelling evidence for its effects is offered from a variety of disciplines--social and developmental psychology, history, cross-cultural psychology, experimental ...
Elaine Hatfield, John T Cacioppo, 1994
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Contagion: Sexuality, Disease, and Death in German Idealism ...
" --John Sallis Although the Romantic Age is usually thought of as idealizing nature as the source of birth, life, and creativity, David Farrell Krell focuses on the preoccupation of three key German Romantic thinkers--Novalis, Schelling, ...
David Farrell Krell, 1998
4
Contagion
A conspicuous murder and butting heads cause Rose to search for the culprit, the truth, and a way to keep the people of Philadelphia safe from contagion in more ways than one.
Joanne Dahme, 2010
5
Contagion: Health, Fear, Sovereignty
Essays examine the language of epidemiology used in the war on terror, the repressive effects of global disease surveillance, and films and novels that enact the perplexities of contagion in a global context.
Bruce Magnusson, Whitman College) Global Studies Symposium on Contagion, Zahi Anbra Zalloua, 2012
6
Contagion: How Commerce Has Spread Disease
Looks at the connection between trade and disease, tracing the plagues that swept through Eurasia in the fourteenth century and exposes the weaknesses in the current public health system that make our world susceptible to a pandemic.
Mark Harrison, 2013
7
Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks
In this thought-provoking work, Tony D. Sampson presents a contagion theory fit for the age of networks. Unlike memes and microbial contagions, Virality does not restrict itself to biological analogies and medical metaphors.
Tony D. Sampson, 2012
8
International Financial Contagion
This book presents a selection of the papers given at this conference. This is the most extensive collection to date of research on international financial contagion.
Stijn Claessens, Kirsten Forbes, 2001
9
Contagion: The Financial Epidemic That is Sweeping the ...
If that is your goal, this book is a must-read. While the concepts surrounding our current situation may be complicated, you don't need to be an economic expert to understand what's going on and what may happen next.
John R. Talbott, 2009
10
Contagion: perspectives from pre-modern societies
Today we may not believe in the power of demons, but the idea that illness is retribution for sin retains great power, as was shown by the popular reaction to the spread of AIDS/HIV, and this is a lesson from the past that the medical ...
Lawrence I. Conrad, D. Wujastyk, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTAGION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contagion is used in the context of the following news items.
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China stock crash sparks fears of contagion to financial system
China's tumbling stock market has led to fears of contagion to the broader financial system, especially state-owned banks, a bedrock of the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Market slumps but no contagion from China
The slump on the local market following the sharp fall in Chinese stocks on Wednesday reflects the new symbiotic relationship between China ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
3
Likelihood of Greek Contagion Is Very High
Editor's Note: In an interview with Olivia Sterns and Matt Miller of Bloomberg TV's Bloomberg Markets, Dr. Marc Faber discusses the Chinese stock market, ... «Daily Reckoning, Jul 15»
4
ECB's Ewald Nowotny sees no contagion from Greek crisis
There is no danger of contagion," Nowotny told journalists at an event at Austria's central bank, of which he is also governor. Nowotny said ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
5
Global contagion seen; rate cuts to revive China: Macquarie
Viktor Shvets of Macquarie Securities believes the Chinese government has not done enough to curb market volatility and believes it should ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
6
Share slump raises odds of a financial crisis in China; contagion risk …
It said the opaqueness of China's financial system and the lack of clear definition of risk responsibility mean that contagion risk is high, similar to ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
7
Other European bond markets don't show contagion concerns …
While financial contagion is not a concern, judging by the numbers, Ms. McArdle warned political contagion could be a problem, with any debt ... «Pensions & Investments, Jul 15»
8
China Contagion Spreads To Commodities
We are seeing the first unmistakable signs that the China stock-market crash will not be contained only to China. The silver break below $15 is ... «Investing.com, Jul 15»
9
What 'PIIGS' Can Tell You About What Happens After Greece
"You could have political contagion where you see groups that, in Spain, in Italy, in Portugal, decide that they want to emulate what's going on ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
10
ECB ready with anti-contagion arsenal
One explanation is that investors have had time to prepare for a possible “Grexit”, and believe “contagion” risks for the rest of the eurozone ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

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