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Definition contagion in American English

contagion noun

noun
/kənˈteɪdʒən/
1

a situation in which a disease can be spread from one person or animal to another through touch or through the air

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1.1

a disease that can be spread from one person to another through touch or through the air

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2

a situation in which feelings or ideas spread very quickly from one person or place to another

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3

the spread of financial failure from one country to another

Definition contagion in American English