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pervasiveness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
  • /pɚˈveɪ.sɪv.nɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /pəˈvæɪ.səv.nəs/ (New-Zealand)
  • /pəˈveɪ.sɪv.nɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pəˈvæɪ.sɪv.nɪs/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree English pervasive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pervasiveness From pervasive + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place.
    • “The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design. 2010 February 12, Roberta Smith, “Visual Culture Out of Africa”, in The New York Times:

Relateds

pervasively · pervading · pervasive · pervade

Synonyms

ubiquity · omnipresence

Translations (5)

es omnipresencia (the state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place) · fi läsnäolo kaikkialla (the state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place) · ca ubiqüitat (the state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place) · de Verbreitung (the state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place) · ca omnipresència (the state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place)