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contagious

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1. contagious - Adjective

2. contagious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.

Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world. Earl Warren

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. Michel de Montaigne

Insanity is contagious. Joseph Heller

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. Billy Graham

The rough manners of the vulgar are contagious. Latin Proverb

Nothing is more contagious than a bad example. French Proverb

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