contagion
/kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/ nom C2En français : contagion
- 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.
Pluriel contagions
Dans la bibliothèque
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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