con‧ta‧gion /kənˈteɪdʒ
ən/
noun[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: Latin contagio, from contingere; ⇒ contingent1]
1. [uncountable] technical a situation in which a disease is spread by people touching each other:
There is some danger of contagion.2. [countable] technical a disease that can be passed from person to person by touch
3. [singular] formal a feeling or attitude that spreads quickly between people or places:
a contagion of fear spread from city to city [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲