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I suppose that's true if we look literally at the Greek roots. Perhaps I should have said that the traditional English meaning usually refers to propagation of
by Gormo 2y ago
I suppose that's true if we look literally at the Greek roots. Perhaps I should have said that the traditional English meaning usually refers to propagation of contagious phenomena.
Sort of how the literal meaning of "television" doesn't capture its specific meaning in modern usage, in that it doesn't generally refer to anything seen at a distance.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoCuriously, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epidemic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epidemic only mentions "spreading" in the context of ideas. Although, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epidemic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epidemic gives both equal weight.