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miasma
[ mahy-az-muh, mee- ]
noun
- noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
miasma
/ mɪˈæzmə; ˌmiːəzˈmætɪk /
noun
- an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere
- pollution in the atmosphere, esp noxious vapours from decomposing organic matter
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·m ··· [mahy-az-, mat, -ik], a·i· ·m adjective
- un·m adjective
- ܲm··i adjective
- ܲm··i· adjective
- un·m adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of miasma1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of miasma1
Example Sentences
In such a milieu, Hine’s troubling 1908 photographs would easily disappear, perhaps seizing a moment but soon evaporating into the visual miasma that floods the zone daily.
It was a couple of weeks after the great smog had brought London to a standstill, and although that particularly foul miasma had dispersed, smog still regularly reduced visibility.
None of these is a new argument — they’ve been swirling around the conservative and Republican fever swamp like a miasma for decades.
The Select Subcommittee has done its best to contribute to this poisonous miasma.
Maddow then segued into a more comprehensive discussion about the rule of law, which she argued was not an abstract "miasma" but rather, is "specific stuff."
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