social disease

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William Osler, often described as the father of modern medicine, put it like this: “Tuberculosis is a social disease with a medical aspect.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

Chess pieces just sort of materialize throughout the night; one couple plays chess, then another, then another, catching on like a dance craze or a social disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023

Antisemitism, like Anti-Arabism and racism, is a social disease that can be confronted only by us standing together, Syrian- and Israeli-sympathizing Americans alike.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

PC, though, is just the symptom of a more virulent social disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2016

And I reply that this idea, whatever it may be, has degenerated in your minds to the extent that it ceased to be a social idea and has become a social disease.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk