Definizione monolingua

contagion

contagion (plural contagions)

1. A disease spread by contact
2. The spread or transmission of such a disease
3. The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease
4. (finance) A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
   • 2011, George Soros, Project Syndicate, Germany Must Defend the Euro:

     And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and caused the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.

5. (finance) A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner.

Definizione dizionario contagion

	contagio
	contagious disease

Altri significati:

Process in which a disease is transmitted.

The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease

A disease spread by contact