单词 | anti-contagionist |
释义 | > as lemmasanti-contagionist anti-contagionist n. and adj. Brit. /ˌantɪkənˈteɪdʒn̩ɪst/ , U.S. /ˌæn(t)ikənˈteɪdʒənəst/ , /ˌænˌtaɪkənˈteɪdʒənəst/ , /ˌæn(t)əkənˈteɪdʒənəst/ [ < anti- prefix + contagion n. + -ist suffix] ΚΠ 1809 J. Roberton Treat. Med. Police I. i. i. iii. §i. 207 Whether as contagionists or anti-contagionists,..all of them agree that diseases of various kinds are produced by obstructed ventilation, nastiness, &c. 1831 Foreign Q. Rev. Nov. 264 We cannot forget how narrowly the government of Lord Liverpool..escaped being seduced by our anti-contagionist reasoners. 2011 N. Krieger Epidemiol. & People's Health iii. 69 To the anti-contagionists, the ‘obvious’ solution was not quarantine but rather to clean up filth. < as lemmas |
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