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miasma

[ mahy-az-muh, mee- ]

noun

plural miasmas, miasmata
  1. noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
  2. a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.


miasma

/ mɪˈæzmə; ˌmiːəzˈmætɪk /

noun

  1. an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere
  2. pollution in the atmosphere, esp noxious vapours from decomposing organic matter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·m ··· [mahy-az-, mat, -ik], a·i· ·m adjective
  • un·m adjective
  • ܲm··i adjective
  • ܲm··i· adjective
  • un·m adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of miasma1

1655–65; < New Latin < Greek í stain, pollution, akin to íԱ𾱲 to pollute, stain
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of miasma1

C17: New Latin, from Greek: defilement, from miainein to defile
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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.

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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.

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None of these is a new argument — they’ve been swirling around the conservative and Republican fever swamp like a miasma for decades.

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The Select Subcommittee has done its best to contribute to this poisonous miasma.

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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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