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social disease

so·cial dis·ease
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soh-shuh l dih-zeez]
    • /ˈsoʊ ʃəl dɪˈziz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soh-shuh l dih-zeez]
    • /ˈsoʊ ʃəl dɪˈziz/

Definitions of social disease words

  • noun social disease a venereal disease. 1
  • noun social disease sexually-transmitted condition 1
  • noun social disease a sexually transmitted disease 0
  • noun social disease a disease that is prevalent among certain social groups due to a predisposition caused by adverse conditions 0
  • noun social disease any venereal disease 0

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Origin of social disease

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Social disease

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

social disease popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

social disease usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for social disease

noun social disease

  • chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
  • chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
  • crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • gonorrhea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.

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