- 1[uncountable] the spreading of a disease by people touching each other There is no risk of contagion.
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- 2[countable] (old use) a disease that can be spread by people touching each other.
- 3[countable] (formal) something bad that spreads quickly by being passed from person to person the contagion of political extremism compare infection
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