contagion | (noun) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | Synonyms: infection |
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(noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | Synonyms: infection, transmission |
(noun) any disease easily transmitted by contact | Synonyms: contagious disease |
coreligionist | (noun) someone having the same religion as another person | - |
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hagionym | (noun) The name of a Saint taken as a proper name. | - |
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irreligion | (noun) the quality of not being devout | Synonyms: irreligiousness |
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irreligionist | (noun) someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion | - |
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legion | (adjective) amounting to a large indefinite number | Synonyms: numerous |
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(noun) a vast multitude | Synonyms: horde, host |
(noun) a large military unit | - |
(noun) association of ex-servicemen | - |
(noun) archaic terms for army | Synonyms: host |
legionary | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionnaire |
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legionella | (noun) the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease | Synonyms: Legionella pneumophilia |
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legionnaire | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionary |
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logion | (noun) a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels | - |
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region | (noun) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve | Synonyms: area |
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(noun) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | Synonyms: realm |
(noun) the extended spatial location of something | Synonyms: part |
(noun) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth | - |
(noun) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') | Synonyms: neighborhood |
regional | (adjective) characteristic of a region | - |
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(adjective) related or limited to a particular region | - |
regionalism | (noun) loyalty to the interests of a particular region | - |
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(noun) a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region | - |
(noun) a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas | - |
regionality | (noun) The property of being of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. | - |
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(noun) The property of being of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. | - |
regionally | (adverb) in a regional manner | - |
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religion | (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | Synonyms: faith, religious belief |
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(noun) an institution to express belief in a divine power | Synonyms: faith, organized religion |
religionism | (noun) exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal | Synonyms: pietism, religiosity, religiousism |
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(noun) exaggerated religious zealotry | - |
religionist | (noun) a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot | - |
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