English Explanatory Dictionary

second wave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon that can develop during a pandemic where after a group recovers and infections appear to decrease, another group becomes infected and causes a recurrence in cases.
  2. second-wave feminism

Word forms

second wave second waves
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