Word: anticontagionist
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
con
ta
gio
nist
Definition: A proponent of anticontagionism. The belief that certain diseases, such as yellow fever, were not contagious.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Against, hostile to.
Affix: contagion
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: contāgiō
Language: la
Decoded: contagio
Meaning: a touching, contact, contagion
Affix: -ist
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: -ize, -ise
Affix: -τής
Language: grc
Decoded: -tes
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: With -ύζω verbs.