pervasiveness

American  

[per-vey-siv-nis] / pərˈveɪ sɪv nɪs /

noun

1. the condition or state of being spread throughout something or somewhere.

   Health authorities have underestimated the pervasiveness of serious influenza cases in the city because only patients admitted to intensive care units are considered severe.

   With the growing pervasiveness of the internet, more and more people are searching for and purchasing goods online.

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Other Word Forms

• interpervasiveness noun
• nonpervasiveness noun
• unpervasiveness noun

Etymology

Origin of pervasiveness

pervasive ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

"The biggest impact is really the pervasiveness of self-censorship and the sense that if you write the wrong thing... that might land you in jail," Cheng said.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Jason Andersen, vice president and principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, agreed that AWS’s pervasiveness inside the enterprise does give its AI solutions an advantage over competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Testing for H5N1 as well could reveal “the pervasiveness of this virus almost overnight.”

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

Much like her previous campaigns in South Carolina, Ms. Haley has talked of the need to call out racism while downplaying the pervasiveness of racism in American institutions.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Perhaps science was stillborn in Indian, Mayan and Aztec civilizations for the same reason it declined in Ionia, the pervasiveness of the slave economy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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