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

If the administration’s efforts to shape the telling of history and the dissemination of culture came as a shock, the pushback—largely in the form of litigation—will be a slower burn. —Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 9 May 2026

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tsunami warning program has spent decades fine-tuning rapid message dissemination. —Ezgi Karasözen, The Conversation, 6 May 2026

Henderson has pleaded not guilty to the charges of one count of first-degree dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image and one count of second-degree unlawful surveillance, according to online court records. —Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026

Two additional pieces of legislation have further ensured the dissemination of captioning technologies and the future of accessibility for deaf viewers. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026

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