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superspreader
[ soo-per-spred-er ]
noun
- Pathology. a person who spreads a contagious disease more easily and widely than the average infected person:
About forty percent of the superspreaders had no symptoms of the virus.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ···Բ ·-·Բ [soo, -per-spred-ing] adjective noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of superspreader1
Example Sentences
The social media sites noted that Kennedy’s group trafficked in medical misinformation, and a science research team labeled him a “superspreader” of bogus claims about COVID-19 vaccines.
Elon Musk is a disinformation superspreader who weaponized Twitter/X to amplify blatant anti-Harris lies to his 200 million followers.
Donald Trump is a massive superspreader.
In her 2020 New Yorker story, “Trump Is a Superspreader — of Distraction,” Susan B. Glasser wrote about the insidious ways he used half-truths, full lies and a bevy of deflections to draw attention away from the many, many Americans dying of during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic:
He is a superspreader of distraction.
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