contagion
gb/kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/ us/kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/
C1
انگلیسی
معنیها
۰ معنی
اسم
formal
C1
process
1
spread of disease by contact
the spread of a disease from one person to another
الگوی کاربرد:
[the] contagion (of [a disease])
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes use *contagion* as an adjective; the adjective is *contagious*.
هممعنیها
transmission (More general; can be used for diseases, signals, or information.)
|
spread (Less technical and more everyday than *contagion*.)
متضادها
containment (Stopping spread rather than allowing it to pass on.)
|
immunity (Resistance to infection rather than susceptibility to spreading infection.)
ترکیبهای رایج
risk of contagion
|prevent contagion
|the spread of contagion
|contagion control
|contagion precautions
|contain contagion
|contagion in the community
|fear of contagion
|contagion through contact
|reduce contagion
موضوعها
health
|medicine
|public_health
نمونهها
- Hospitals introduced strict hygiene rules to reduce contagion.
- The virus spreads quickly, so the risk of contagion is high in crowded spaces.
- They closed the ward temporarily to prevent contagion among patients.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- Wearing a mask can reduce contagion.
- Doctors try to stop contagion in hospitals.
اسم
formal
C1
entity
2
a contagious disease or agent
a disease that spreads between people
الگوی کاربرد:
a contagion; a contagion that [spreads/affects] [someone]
اشتباه رایج:
This meaning is less common than the uncountable meaning ‘spread of disease’; many contexts prefer *infection* or *an infectious disease*.
هممعنیها
infection (More common in everyday and medical contexts.)
|
infectious disease (More explicit and neutral; less rhetorical than *contagion*.)
متضادها
noninfectious condition (A condition that cannot be passed to others.)
ترکیبهای رایج
a deadly contagion
|a dangerous contagion
|a new contagion
|a highly contagious contagion
|a contagion spreads
|carry a contagion
|a contagion outbreak
|a contagion passes to others
موضوعها
health
|medicine
نمونهها
- In the past, people feared that any traveler might bring a contagion into the town.
- The lab was designed to handle dangerous contagions safely.
- Doctors worked to identify the contagion responsible for the outbreak.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The flu is a contagion that spreads fast.
اسم
C1
process
3
rapid spread of emotions or ideas
when a feeling or behavior spreads quickly to other people
الگوی کاربرد:
the contagion of [fear/violence/laughter/excitement]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may overuse *contagion* in casual speech; in many everyday contexts, *spread* or *catching* sounds more natural.
هممعنیها
spread (More general and less metaphorical.)
|
ripple effect (Emphasizes gradual spreading impact, not necessarily person-to-person.)
متضادها
calm (Opposes the idea of emotions spreading and escalating.)
|
detachment (Not being affected by others’ feelings or behavior.)
ترکیبهای رایج
the contagion of fear
|the contagion of laughter
|the contagion of panic
|a contagion of violence
|spread by contagion
|a sense of contagion
|social contagion
|emotional contagion
|contagion of enthusiasm
|the contagion spreads
موضوعها
emotions
|society
|psychology
|communication
نمونهها
- There was a contagion of laughter when the speaker made a mistake.
- The contagion of fear spread through the crowd in seconds.
- Online, outrage can move with the speed of contagion.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- Her excitement was contagious, like a contagion in the room.
اسم
business
C1
process
4
crisis spreading between markets
when financial trouble spreads to other places
الگوی کاربرد:
contagion from [place/sector] to [place/sector]; fear of contagion
هممعنیها
spillover (Often used for effects spreading indirectly, not necessarily through panic.)
|
domino effect (Emphasizes a chain reaction of failures.)
متضادها
decoupling (Markets or economies moving independently rather than spreading shocks.)
|
stability (A steady system where shocks do not spread widely.)
ترکیبهای رایج
financial contagion
|contagion risk
|contagion effects
|cross-border contagion
|contagion across markets
|prevent contagion
|contagion fears
|contagion spreads
|systemic contagion
|spillover contagion
موضوعها
business
|economics
|finance
|news
نمونهها
- Regulators acted quickly to stop contagion from the failing bank.
- Investors worried about contagion spreading to other emerging markets.
- The government introduced safeguards to limit contagion across the financial system.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The crisis caused contagion in other markets.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
contagion
IPA
GB/kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/
US/kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/
هجاها و تکیه
con - ta - gion (۳ هجا)
Stress on 2nd syllable (ta)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: contagion
- Plural: contagion, contagions
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
contagions
noun
Core family
contagious
adjective B2
Related words
contagiously
adverb
contagiousness
noun
Negative and opposite forms
noncontagious
adjective
عبارتها
contagion effect
1/kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən ɪfˈɛkt/
fixed phrase
chain spread of impact
an effect that spreads to others
نمونهها
- Officials feared a contagion effect if the rumors continued.
- The layoffs triggered a contagion effect across the industry.
- Social media can intensify the contagion effect of panic buying.
emotional contagion
1/ɪmˈoʊʃənəl kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/
fixed phrase
emotions spreading between people
when you start to feel what others feel
نمونهها
- Emotional contagion can make one anxious person affect the whole team.
- In customer service, emotional contagion means moods can spread quickly between staff and clients.
- The study examined emotional contagion in close friendships.
fear of contagion
1/fˈɪɹ əv kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/
fixed phrase
worry about catching disease
worry about catching a disease
نمونهها
- Fear of contagion kept many people away from public transport.
- The fear of contagion was strongest in the first weeks of the outbreak.
- Some shoppers wore gloves out of fear of contagion.
financial contagion
1/fɪnˈænʃəl kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/
fixed phrase
business
spread of financial crisis
when money problems spread to other places
نمونهها
- The central bank warned that financial contagion could spread through the region.
- Stronger capital rules are meant to reduce financial contagion after a major failure.
- Analysts debated whether the sell-off was driven by fundamentals or financial contagion.
social contagion
1/sˈoʊʃəl kəntˈeɪd͡ʒən/
fixed phrase
behaviors spreading in society
when people copy behavior from others
نمونهها
- Researchers tracked social contagion in online communities.
- Some habits spread through social contagion more than we realize.
- The campaign relied on social contagion to reach new audiences.