pervasiveness
C2
noun
Freq #442970
Meanings
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1
noun
the quality of filling or spreading throughout
the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways
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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