[{"word":"contagion","phonetic":"/kənˈteɪdʒən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/kənˈteɪdʒən/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A disease spread by contact","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The spread or transmission of such a disease","synonyms":["infection"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(by extension) the spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["infection"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contagion"]}]