contagionist

English

Etymology

From contagion +‎ -ist.

Noun

contagionist (plural contagionists)

1. (historical or obsolete) A believer in the contagious nature of certain diseases, such as yellow fever.

Derived terms

• noncontagionist

 

Related terms

• anticontagionism
• anticontagionist
• contagionism

References

• “contagionist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.