WORD: CONTAGION
MEANING:
1.
a. Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact.
b. A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease.
c. The direct cause, such as a bacterium or virus, of a communicable disease.
2. Psychology The spread of a behavior pattern, attitude, or emotion from person to person or group to group through suggestion, propaganda, rumor, or imitation.
3. A harmful, corrupting influence: feared that violence on television was a contagion affecting young viewers.
4. The tendency to spread, as of a doctrine, influence, or emotional state.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There is rising risk of contagion in India's banking sector with many finance companies having lost more than half of their equity value in the past year, rating agency S&P's said on Wednesday.
PRONOUNCE:
con·ta·gion - कन्टेजन / कन्टैजन
LINK: CONTAGION
MEANING:
1.
a. Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact.
b. A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease.
c. The direct cause, such as a bacterium or virus, of a communicable disease.
2. Psychology The spread of a behavior pattern, attitude, or emotion from person to person or group to group through suggestion, propaganda, rumor, or imitation.
3. A harmful, corrupting influence: feared that violence on television was a contagion affecting young viewers.
4. The tendency to spread, as of a doctrine, influence, or emotional state.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There is rising risk of contagion in India's banking sector with many finance companies having lost more than half of their equity value in the past year, rating agency S&P's said on Wednesday.
PRONOUNCE:
con·ta·gion - कन्टेजन / कन्टैजन
LINK: CONTAGION
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