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miasma

noun

NAmE//maɪˈæzmə//

, NAmE//miˈæzmə//

[countable, usually singular, uncountable] (literary)

1a mass of air that is dirty and smells unpleasant A miasma of stale alcohol and cigarettes hung around him.

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2(figurative) the miasma of depression

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