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PANDEMIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pandemic" is a kind of...):
epidemic (a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time)
Derivation:
pandemic (epidemic over a wide geographical area)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Existing everywhere
Example:
pandemic fear of nuclear war
Classified under:
Similar:
general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Epidemic over a wide geographical area
Example:
a pandemic outbreak of malaria
Classified under:
Similar:
epidemic ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously)
Derivation:
pandemic (an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world)
