non-contagionist
/ˌnɒnkənˈteɪdʒ(ə)nɪst/Medicine. Now historical
noun
A person who believes that disease, or a disease (especially yellow fever or cholera), is not contagious.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in The North American Review. From non-contagion + -ist.
- the weaker sex
- the weakest link
- the Web
- thewed
- the weight of the world
- the West
- the wheel of Fortune
- the whip hand
- the whole ball of wax
- the whole enchilada
- the whole nine yards
- the whole schmear
- the whole shooting match
- the Whore of Babylon
- the windows of the soul
- the wish is father to the thought
- the witching hour
- the Word (of God)
- the word on the street
- the work of ——
- the world and his wife
- the world is your oyster
- the world, the flesh, and the devil
- the worried well
- the worse for drink