Associations to the word «Contagion»

CONTAGION, noun. A disease spread by contact

CONTAGION, noun. The spread or transmission of such a disease

CONTAGION, noun. The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease

CONTAGION, noun. (finance) A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.

CONTAGION, noun. (finance) A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner.

CONTAGION, noun. Any disease easily transmitted by contact.

CONTAGION, noun. An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.

CONTAGION, noun. The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry".