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          • contagion
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          • (n.) The communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact. Lexico
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          • Coronavirus in Spain: From tourism hotspot to contagion hotbed - DW by
          • The literature of contagion is vile. A plague is like a lobotomy. It cuts away the higher realms, the loftiest capacities of humanity, and leaves only the animal. “Farewell to the giant powers of man,” Mary Shelley wrote in “The Last Man,” in 1826, after a disease has ravaged the world. - The New Yorker by
          • We’ve long known that panic spreads, but experts more recently have come to understand emotional contagion, the mechanism by which people’s emotions (positive or negative) “go viral” within groups, influencing our thoughts and actions. Learning about that mechanism is key to dampening negative emotional contagion and making us feel a bit less frantic. - Harvard Business Review by
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          • contagiune
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          • “CONTAGIÚNE, contagiuni, s. f. Transmitere a unei boli de la un om la altul; molipsire, contaminare. ♦ (Înv.) Epidemie, molimă. [Pr.: -gi-u-] – Din fr. contagion, lat. contagio, -onis.” Dicționarul Explicativ - by ION CAPATINA
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          • “Transmiterea unei boli prin contact direct sau printr-un agent intermediar de la un subiect atins la unul sanatos. Acest termen nu se aplica decat in cazurile in care germenele este transmis fie de catre un animal fie printr-o transfuzie sangvina. Perioada de contagiune este cea a secretiei si a imprastierii germenilor bolii de catre bolnav; ea este variabila in functie de boala si este micsorata considerabil in infectiile bacteriene atunci cand subiectul bolnav ia un antibiotic." - Sfatul Medicului by ION CAPATINA
          • “Pesaran și Pick separau efectul de CONTAGIUNE de cel de interdependență prin utilizarea unui model de transmitere a fluctuațiilor economice din perioadele “normale”. În acest mod CONTAGIUNEA este reprezentată într-un mod non-liniar prin introducerea transmiterii de șocuri transnaționale relativ mari, aceste șocuri fiind determinate de “funcția prag” amintită anterior.” - Articol despre Contagiunea Economică by ION CAPATINA
          • “Contagiunea este un concept vechi în ştiinţele sociale, care pare abandonat astăzi,deşi desemnează influenţe specifice. Primii teoreticieni ai mulţimii (cu deosebire, desigur,Le Bon! L-au utilizat pentru a explica preluarea spontană a unei stări emoţionale sau a unui comportament de către toţi membrii mulţimii.” - Academia.edu Contagiunea Comportamental� by ION CAPATINA
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