contagionistn.
/kənˈteɪdʒənɪst/ One who maintains or believes that certain diseases, such as the plague, cholera, and yellow fever, are contagious.
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localista1633
non-contagionist1824
infectionist1830
contagionist1831
solidist1842
naturist1848
neuropath1876
organicist1879
unicist1890
1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 131 Who..would not believe that he was an anti-contagionist?]
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 617 To alter their opinion [about cholera], and enlist under the banner of the contagionists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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