epidemic

Speech parts

1. epidemic - Noun

2. epidemic - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Epidemical

An epidemic disease.

Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

black death sida common general growth disease plague bubonic pestilence spread wave extensive widespread universal infection

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Antonyms

endemic hale local particular good specific

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Hypernyms

outbreak eruption irruption

Hyponyms

plague pandemic

Related terms

epidemiology ecdemic

Phrases with the word

epidemic typhus epidemic erythema bacterial epidemic epidemic kaposi sarcoma epidemic illness lice epidemic

Anagrams

midpiece

Examples

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. George Bernard Shaw

Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious. Colin Wilson

Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them. Kin Hubbard

Disease-carrying thoughts swarm and multiply in the dark and twisted labyrinths of our minds, and all that is needed is a mob and a good political slogan for the epidemic to be spread once again, with a burst of automatic weapons or a mushroom cloud. Romain Gary

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic. Wallace Stevens

During an epidemic doctors are happy. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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