dissemination

noun

dis·​sem·​i·​na·​tion di-ˌse-mə-ˈnā-shən 

: the act or process of disseminating or spreading something : the state of being disseminated

the dissemination of ideas

And thanks to the emergence of social media as the increasingly dominant mode of information dissemination, are we nearing a time when truth itself will become just another commodity to be bought and sold on the social-media markets?

—Michael Hirschorn

For centuries, translating a text signified that it was essential, worthy of preservation and dissemination.

—Aviya Kushner

Although the Hong Kong flu outbreak was associated with comparatively few deaths worldwide, the virus was highly contagious, a factor that facilitated its rapid global dissemination.

—Kara Rogers

Examples of dissemination in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Markey tied Meta’s decision not to pursue another research partnership to its decision earlier this year to shut down CrowdTangle, a research tool used to track the dissemination of social media content. —Julia Shapero, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024

Unfortunately, there is absolutely no coming back from that level of dissemination. —Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024

The Parallels Between The Printing Press And AI Just as the printing press revolutionized information dissemination, AI has the potential to transform industries. —Bars Juhasz, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

But at a time when public dissemination of data and details about new cases is critical, another worrying development has become trackable: the erratic drips of information coming from the federal agency responsible for such matters. —Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above