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contagionist|kənˈteɪdʒənɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist. Cf. F. contagionniste.]
One who maintains or believes that certain diseases, such as the plague, cholera, and yellow fever, are contagious.
[1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 131 Who..would not believe that he was an anti-contagionist?] 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 617 To alter their opinion [about cholera], and enlist under the banner of the contagionists.
attrib. and adj.1831in Greville Mem. Geo. IV (1875) II. xiv. 157 We have appointed a Board of Health, which is contagionist. 1865Reader 11 Nov. 545/3 The ultra-contagionist school. |