dissemination
/dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.26 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There was a third class, small indeed when compared to those vast multitudes actuated by fanaticism or interest, but destined to exercise the most beneficial and lasting influence—the reflecting and theoretic few, who saw in universal freedom the only tie between man and his kind—the only rational hope whereon to ground the dissemination of equitable principles among the human race."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ Latin sēmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sēminō Latin dissēminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dissēminātiōbor. English dissemination From Latin dissēminātiō, from dissēmināre [from dis- (“in all directions”) + sēmināre (“to plant or propagate”) (itself from sēmen (“seed”))] + -tiō. By surface analysis, disseminate + -tion.
Origin
- Source language: Latin