Epidemic (Adjective)
Meaning
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The latest video game has become an epidemic among teenagers, with many spending hours a day playing online.
- The flu has reached epidemic proportions in the city, with thousands of people calling in sick to work or school.
- Epidemic drunk driving among young people is a serious concern for highway safety advocates.
- Air pollution has become an epidemic problem worldwide, with many major cities struggling to reduce their emissions.
- Poverty is epidemic in some parts of the country, where lack of jobs and access to education has become a vicious cycle.