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social contagions

social contagions is the plural of social contagion.

Meaning of social contagion

Noun

social contagion (countable and uncountable, plural social contagions)

  1. The spontaneous spread of behaviour when it is unconsciously copied from one individual by another; a behavior that spreads in this manner.
    • A Peter leads a John, a John goes after a Peter, both of them unconscious of any influence exercised or received. And thus our life and conduct are ever propagating themselves, by a law of social contagion, throughout the circles […]1852, Horace Bushnell, Unconscious Influence: A Sermon, page 4

Questions about social contagions

What is social contagions the plural of?
Social contagions is the plural of social contagion.

Words near social contagions in the dictionary

  1. social constructivism
  2. social constructivist
  3. social constructivists
  4. social constructs
  5. social contagion
  6. social contagions
  7. social contract
  8. social contracts
  9. social control
  10. social controls
  11. social coupon

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