"social contagion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: social contagions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} social contagion (countable and uncountable, plural social contagions)
  1. (pathology, sociology, psychology) The spontaneous spread of behaviour when it is unconsciously copied from one individual by another; a behavior that spreads in this manner. Wikipedia link: en:social contagion Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Psychology, Sociology Synonyms: behavioral contagion, behavioural contagion
    Sense id: en-social_contagion-en-noun-AO9BM~Nj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, medicine, pathology, psychology, sciences, social-science, sociology

Inflected forms

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