pervasiveness

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US /pɝˈveɪsɪvnɪs/
noun Freq #442970

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the quality of filling or spreading throughout

    the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways

  2. 2
    noun

    The state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place.

    “The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.

Etymology

From pervasive + -ness.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · the state or quality of... omnipresenceubiquity

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