ubiquity

[yoo-bik-wi-tee]

noun

1. the state or capacity of being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresence.

   the ubiquity of magical beliefs.

2. (initial capital letter),  the omnipresence of God or Christ.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ubiquity¹

1570–80; < New Latin ubiquitās, equivalent to Latin ubīqu ( e ) everywhere + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

Through informed essays, it also traces how the field was transformed once again over the last half of the 20th century, going from critical neglect to cultural ubiquity.

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The scene she depicts even imitates her real life: Kahlo actually kept a smaller, papier-mâché skeleton atop her own canopy bed in Mexico City as a reassuring symbol of death’s ubiquity.

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Such ubiquity means that for decades the BBC has served as the interior decorator arranging Britons’ mental furniture.

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Mostly the serif aficionados are put off by the ubiquity of their favorite retro font.

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Instead, it’s the ubiquity of the assassinations that astonishes the reader.

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Related Words

• pervasiveness