contagion
/kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/ sustantivo C2En español: contagio
- A disease spread by contact.
- The spread or transmission of such a disease.
- The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
- 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.
Plural contagions
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Are we assured that the apprehension, from which this young man has no doubt suffered terribly since his exposure to its contagion, may not produce a physical effect which simulates that which it fears?
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