endemic
adjective/enˈdemɪk/
/enˈdemɪk/
- regularly found in a particular place or among a particular group of people and difficult to get rid of
- endemic (in…) Malaria is endemic in many hot countries.
- Corruption is endemic in the system.
- endemic (among…) an attitude endemic among senior members of the profession
- endemic (to…) species endemic to (= only found in) Madagascar
- the endemic problem of racism
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEndemic is used with these nouns:- corruption
- violence
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’).
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