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Antonyms for pandemic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pan-dem-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : pænˈdɛm ɪk |
Definition of pandemic
Origin :- 1660s, from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos "pertaining to all people; public, common," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + demos "people" (see demotic). Modeled on epidemic. The noun is first recorded 1853, from the adjective.
- adj universal
- Uranian Aphrodite was distinguished from her Pandemic sister by chastened lust-repelling loveliness.
- Extract from : « Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece » by John Addington Symonds
- Pandemic, pan-dem′ik, adj. incident to a whole people, epidemic.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
- The disease is nearly always epidemic, though at intervals it appears to be pandemic and in certain districts almost endemic.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 » by Various
- The evidence that the great epidemics of influenza are due to some general and pandemic influence is conclusive.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
Synonyms for pandemic
- accepted
- all
- all-embracing
- all-inclusive
- all-over
- astronomical
- broad
- catholic
- celestial
- common
- comprehensive
- cosmic
- cosmopolitan
- customary
- diffuse
- ecumenical
- empyrean
- extensive
- general
- generic
- global
- multinational
- mundane
- omnipresent
- planetary
- prevalent
- regular
- stellar
- sweeping
- terrestrial
- total
- ubiquitous
- undisputed
- unlimited
- unrestricted
- usual
- whole
- widespread
- worldly
- worldwide
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