endemic

[En*demĀ·ic]

If you want to underscore just how commonly found and present something is within a particular place, try the word endemic. Tight pants are endemic in my lunch room!

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An endemic disease.

Noun
a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island"

Noun
a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location

Adjective S.
originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

Adjective
native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"

Adjective
of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of th

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a.
Alt. of Endemical

n.
An endemic disease.


Endemic

En*dem"ic, n. (Med.) An endemic disease.
Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic.

An endemic disease.

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Usage Examples

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.

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