infection
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- noun
- /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/
- Literature
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corrupción
- You know... you remind me of an infection that I once had.
And James, if you don't have that, if you don't have that infection of dishonesty, then I see you.
- And James, if you don't have that, if you don't have that infection of dishonesty, then I see you.
- And again, that shows you that this terrible infection of postmodernism, it's here to destroy the West.
- It you just, you lose the vigor and it becomes an infection and then generation to generation, it goes down.
Examples
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This is some kind of infection and it's getting into people's minds.
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Their aversion to the political principle of compromise has become their own internal infection.
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This infection you call freedom.
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And again, that shows you that this terrible infection of postmodernism, it's here to destroy the West.
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It's an infection from the top down that is changing our work ethic culture.
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You know, the first sign of infection is belligerence and actions outside of social norms.
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We are the infection.
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The fear of infection.
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You're poison, an infection.
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The constant negativity in the office became an infection that affected everyone's morale.
Synonyms
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A harmful idea or feeling that spreads quickly between people
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A situation where people lose moral principles and act badly
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A habit of being dishonest and breaking rules to get money or power
A state of being dirty, spoiled, or having a damaged reputation
Antonyms
Compounds
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An illness caused when a virus gets into your body and makes you sick
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A sickness in the parts that make and hold urine, like the kidneys or bladder, caused by germs
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An illness a fungus causes in the body, often on the skin or nails
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An infection caused by germs that rarely make healthy people sick but do when the immune system is weak
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A sickness of the parts used for breathing, like the nose and lungs, that causes cough and breathing problems
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A skin or wound illness caused by bacteria that makes pus and painful lumps
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The percentage of infections that become known as cases
An infection a patient gets in a hospital from another person or things there
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An infection that causes symptoms like dengue fever but is not caused by the dengue virus
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Germs cause an ear problem, often in the outer ear, that makes the ear painful and swollen
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A group of harmful bacteria in one part of the body that causes problems in other parts
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An infection in the lungs or large airways that causes cough and fever
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An infection caught in a hospital or clinic that was not there before you arrived
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An illness caused by tiny single-celled germs that live in the body
An infection in the intestines caused by a tapeworm from undercooked meat or fish
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A painful contagious infection of the mouth and throat that makes sores inside the mouth
How Corrupting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infection originally meant to 'taint' or 'stain', from Latin in- 'into' and -fect 'make'. That's why infection can mean moral corruption: it is like a 'stain' that slowly spreads through people or an organization.