All 3 Uses of
contagion
in
The War of the Worlds
- I was a little depressed at first with the contagion of my wife's fears, but very soon my thoughts reverted to the Martians.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- The contagion of such a unanimous fear was inevitable.†
Chpt 1.14
- A hundred diseases, all the fevers and contagions of human life, consumption, cancers, tumours and such morbidities, never enter the scheme of their life.†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(contagion) the spread of disease or any idea or attitude -- especially one that is harmful; or an instance of the thing that is spread -- such as a virus