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

The aircraft—which provides on-scene intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination—returned to Nebraska the following day, approximately 10 hours after its mission. —Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025

The researchers stress that the scientific community itself must strengthen its oversight mechanisms to preserve its integrity, a challenge that becomes even more urgent with the eruption of artificial intelligence in the production and dissemination of knowledge. —Fernanda González, Wired News, 11 Aug. 2025

The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 31 — just days before the presidential election — centered on CBS News’ dissemination of two different clips of Democratic nominee Harris’ thoughts on the conflict in the Middle East. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 July 2025

The court order, as far as I am concerned, limits its content to the possible momentary viewing of some images by a third party, without attributing to me any participation in their recording or dissemination. —Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dissemination

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration