dissemination

[dih-sem-uh-ney-shuh n]

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noun

the act of disseminating, or spreading widely: The Internet allows for the rapid dissemination of information.

Related formsnon·dis·sem·i·na·tion, noun

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Related Words for dissemination

diffusion, publication, circulation, promulgation, propagation, publishing, dissipation, spread, broadcasting, airing

Examples from the Web for dissemination

Contemporary Examples of dissemination

For pro-release activists, the dissemination of the report would be a holiday present, years in the making.
CIA Won’t Defend Its One-Time Torturers
Shane Harris, Tim Mak
December 6, 2014
I've dedicated my life to the dissemination of this core message of the Judaic tradition, openly and unequivocally.
Peter Beinart’s Bias Against Me, Cory Booker, and Israel
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
June 14, 2013
The guests on Reliable Sources were split over the dissemination of the pictures and videos.
Hillary Clinton, Michele Bachmann, and More Sunday Talk
The Daily Beast Video
October 23, 2011
The results of any dissemination would automatically be classified as a crime against humanity.
Saudi Arabia: Friend or Foe?
Senator Bob Graham
July 11, 2011
From another perspective, information technology has democratized the news, its readership, its dissemination, even its creation.
Reinventing the News Business
Michael Mendenhall
September 30, 2010

Historical Examples of dissemination

A dissemination of characteristics; moral and physical resemblance to his mother.
A Zola Dictionary
J. G. Patterson
Scandal-mongering Rome could not have resisted the dissemination of it.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
Raphael Sabatini
A society for the dissemination of the truth that everybody knows and nobody tells!
Possessed
Cleveland Moffett
Hence she would be held more accountable for the dissemination of light.
An Outcast
F. Colburn Adams
When facts have been ascertained, their dissemination and acceptance is another problem.
India and the Indians
Edward F. Elwin

Word Origin and History for dissemination

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.