Meanings
plural disseminations
- countableuncountableThe act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
1 more example
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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 254–255
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
nounthe act of dispersing or diffusing something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*séh₁mn̥
- Proto-Italic*sēmn̥
- Latinsēmen
- Latinsēminō
- Latindissēminō
- Latindissēminātiō
- Englishdissemination
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.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَشْر, بَثّ
- نَشْر (našr)act of disseminating
- بَثّ (baṯṯ)act of disseminating
Bulgarian разпръскване, разпространение
- разпръскване (razprăskvane)act of disseminating
- разпространение (razprostranenie)act of disseminating
Chinese Mandarin 散播, 傳播 /传播
- 散播 (sànbō)act of disseminating
- 傳播 /传播 (chuánbō)act of disseminating
- 散布 (sànbù)act of disseminating
Dutch verspreiding, verbreiding
- verspreidingact of disseminating
- verbreidingact of disseminating
Finnish levitys, levittäminen
- levitysact of disseminating
- levittäminenact of disseminating
French dissémination
- disséminationact of disseminating
German Verbreitung
- Verbreitungact of disseminating
Indonesian diseminasi, penyebarluasan
- diseminasiact of disseminating
- penyebarluasanact of disseminating
- sosialisasiact of disseminating
- penyebaranact of disseminating
Italian diffusione, divulgazione
- diffusioneact of disseminating
- divulgazioneact of disseminating
- propagazioneact of disseminating
Japanese 伝播
- 伝播 (denba)act of disseminating
Latin dissēminātiō
- dissēminātiōact of disseminating
Malay penyebaran
- penyebaranact of disseminating
Māori whakahōrapatanga
- whakahōrapatangaact of disseminating
Norwegian spredning
- spredningact of disseminating
Portuguese disseminação
- disseminaçãoact of disseminating
Russian распростране́ние, рассе́ивание
- распростране́ние (rasprostranénije)act of disseminating
- рассе́ивание (rasséivanije)act of disseminating
Scottish Gaelic sgaoileadh
- sgaoileadhact of disseminating
Spanish diseminación, difusión
- diseminaciónact of disseminating
- difusiónact of disseminating
- divulgaciónact of disseminating
- propagaciónact of disseminating
Swahili usambazaji
- usambazajiact of disseminating
Swedish spridning
- spridningact of disseminating
Urdu پھیلاو
- پھیلاو (phailāv)act of disseminating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dissemination
Cite this entry
dissemination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissemination
“dissemination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissemination. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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