Antonyms for endemic
ɛnˈdɛm ɪken·dem·ic

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1. endemicadjective

   Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

   Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

   Antonyms:
   introduced, alien

   Synonyms:
   native

2. endemicadjective

   (Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

   The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

   Synonyms:
   indigenous

3. endemicadjective

   Antonyms:
   systemic

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1. • Disease
   • Ecology

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1. endemic, endemic diseasenoun

   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

   Antonyms:
   pestiferous, pestilential, epizootic, ecdemic, cosmopolitan, widely distributed, epiphytotic, foreign, plaguey, pestilent, strange, epidemic, pandemic

   Synonyms:
   endemic disease

2. endemicadjective

   a plant that is native to a certain limited area

   "it is an endemic found only this island"

   Antonyms:
   pestilent, pestilential, strange, epiphytotic, ecdemic, pandemic, widely distributed, plaguey, foreign, epizootic, pestiferous, epidemic, cosmopolitan

   Synonyms:
   endemic disease

3. endemic, endemicaladjective

   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 the world"

   Antonyms:
   pestilent, strange, epidemic, widely distributed, cosmopolitan, plaguey, epizootic, epiphytotic, pandemic, pestiferous, ecdemic, pestilential, foreign

   Synonyms:
   autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemical, indigenous

4. endemicadjective

   native to or confined to a certain region

   "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"

   Antonyms:
   pestilential, pandemic, pestilent, widely distributed, epizootic, pestiferous, epiphytotic, ecdemic, foreign, cosmopolitan, strange, epidemic, plaguey

   Synonyms:
   autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemical, indigenous

5. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenousadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   foreign, widely distributed, pandemic, epizootic, ecdemic, epiphytotic, pestilential, plaguey, strange, pestiferous, epidemic, pestilent, cosmopolitan

   Synonyms:
   endemical, autochthonous, autochthonic, autochthonal, indigenous

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exotic

   foreign, non-native

   endemic vs exotic plants

   Submitted by rinat on June 25, 2017  

How to use endemic in a sentence?

1. Guillaume Leroy:

   What we want to do is to achieve this (WHO) goal. Results show that if you vaccinate 20 percent of the population in 10 endemic countries that have taken part in our phase III studies you can potentially reduce the dengue burden by 50 percent over a five-year period.

2. Suzanne Trimel:

   Many of them could ask within their own workplace (in these countries) for non-discrimination policies, they could also reach out to local LGBT communities and activists, and try to seek greater diversity in their workforces on the ground … make it clear that they are not accepting of repressive policies or persecutions, which, as we know, are endemic throughout the ‘Global South.’.

3. Phil Murphy:

   We are not going to manage COVID to zero, we have to learn how to live with COVID as we move from a pandemic to an endemic phase of this virus.

4. Dirk Engels:

   Endemic countries can play their part, some endemic countries are fast developing, and as they move up the ladder they also have more means to pay for tackling NTDs.

5. President Martin Vizcarra:

   We are making history that will be remembered by future generations, and when they do, I hope they understand the magnitude of this fight that we are in today against an endemic evil that has caused much harm to our country.

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