Dictionary

divulgation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌdaɪvʌlˈɡeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin dīvulgātiō (“wide publication”). Compare French divulgation. By surface analysis, di- + vulgation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of divulging or publishing; publication.
   • In Calvià the demoasidetion of 16 hotels built in the early 1970s and the new planning strategies have given visibiasidety to a possible reuse of edified areas often showing relevant impacts, in Rimini the project tried to put into action a process of divulgation on sustainable tourism themes. 2007, Peter M. Burns, Marina Novelli, Tourism and Politics:
   • Secrecy hath no less use than divulgation. 1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) The disclosure or revelation of a secret.
3. (countable, uncountable) The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.

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Relateds

divulge

Translations (8)

pt divulgação (publication) · ru опубликова́ние (publication) · ru разглаше́ние (disclosure of a secret) · es divulgación (publication) · ru обнаро́дование (publication) · pl wyjawienie (disclosure of a secret) · ru публика́ция (publication) · gl divulgación (publication)