dissemination
[dih-sem-uh-ney-shuh n]
- the act of disseminating, or spreading widely: The Internet allows for the rapid dissemination of information.
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Examples from the Web for dissemination
Contemporary Examples
For pro-release activists, the dissemination of the report would be a holiday present, years in the making.
I've dedicated my life to the dissemination of this core message of the Judaic tradition, openly and unequivocally.
The guests on Reliable Sources were split over the dissemination of the pictures and videos.
The results of any dissemination would automatically be classified as a crime against humanity.
From another perspective, information technology has democratized the news, its readership, its dissemination, even its creation.
Historical Examples
A dissemination of characteristics; moral and physical resemblance to his mother.
A Zola DictionaryJ. G. Patterson
Scandal-mongering Rome could not have resisted the dissemination of it.
The Life of Cesare BorgiaRaphael Sabatini
A society for the dissemination of the truth that everybody knows and nobody tells!
PossessedCleveland Moffett
Hence she would be held more accountable for the dissemination of light.
An OutcastF. Colburn Adams
When facts have been ascertained, their dissemination and acceptance is another problem.
India and the IndiansEdward F. Elwin
Word Origin and History for dissemination
n.
1640s, from Latin disseminationem (nominative disseminatio) "a scattering of seed, a sowing," noun of action from past participle stem of disseminare (see disseminate). Or perhaps a native noun formation from disseminate.
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