epidemic
Etymology
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Etymology
From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Medieval Latin epidēmia, reanalysis of plural Late Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος, from ἐπί + δῆμος.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/
epidemic (plural epidemics)
- A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
- (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
- (by extension, colloquial) A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.
- (figurative) The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, pages 98–99 ↗:
- Lord Avonleigh was at once liberated from his imprisonment, well prepared to be considered, and to consider himself, a martyr to the cause of loyalty; and as the services of the rich nobleman,...his claims to notice and favour were most graciously acknowledged. Accordingly, he returned to his seat in a little fever of royal devotedness—it was the fashionable epidemic; and who coming from Whitehall could be without it?
- French: épidémie
- German: Epidemie, Seuche
- Italian: epidemia
- Portuguese: epidemia
- Russian: эпиде́мия
- Spanish: epidemia
epidemic
- Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread.
- Synonyms: common, ubiquitous, Thesaurus:widespread
- Antonyms: endemic
- Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.
- French: épidémique
- German: epidemisch
- Italian: epidemico
- Brazilian: epidêmico
- European: epidémico
- Russian: эпидеми́ческий
- Spanish: epidémico
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