Meanings
- uncountableThe 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 TimesSynonyms: omnipresence, ubiquity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place.
Origin
Translations
Catalan omnipresència, ubiqüitat
- omnipresènciathe state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place
- ubiqüitatthe state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place
Finnish läsnäolo kaikkialla
- läsnäolo kaikkiallathe state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place
German Verbreitung
- Verbreitungthe state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place
Spanish omnipresencia
- omnipresenciathe state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place
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pervasiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pervasiveness
“pervasiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pervasiveness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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