behavioural contagion

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noun

the spread of a particular type of behaviour, such as crying, through a crowd or group of people

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Words nearby behavioural contagion

behavior medicine, behavior modification, behavior pattern, behavior therapy, behaviour, behavioural contagion, behavioural science, behavioural sink, behaviourism, behaviour therapy, Behçet's syndrome

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How to use behavioural contagion in a sentence

In addition, the protests had been largely contained to very specific areas and the fear of contagion never materialized.
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As scary as contagion can seem, nobody should be panicking, no matter which virus happens to be making the headlines.
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Further, the contagion effect of suicide and the resultant attention to it is a well-documented phenomenon.
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But although desire cannot be imparted by argument, it can be by contagion.
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In fact, we have been inoculated from the experience of contagion.
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It may be transmitted through the air for short distances, not nearly so far as the air will carry the contagion of smallpox.
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The contagion is spread just as that of smallpox is spread, except that it is not carried through the air so far.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The specific cause of typhus is unknown, but the contagion develops and reproduces itself in the body of the patient.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Curiously enough, for the next two days and nights a perfect contagion of watching seemed to have spread through the village.
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Wedding-cards have been pouring in till the contagion has reached us; Edith will be married next Thursday.
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