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 internet also provides an avenue for dissemination. —Sheldon H. Jacobson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025

This is the ironic price of pervasive news media that are more decentralized and unregulated than in the 20th century, when network radio and television, plus established prestige newspapers and national magazines dominated news dissemination. —Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025

Distributing funds directly from the White House would also mark a departure from current protocols, under which FEMA oversees the dissemination of financial aid to the states following the president’s declaration of a disaster. —Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025

During its beta stage, the program will be implemented progressively, starting with quarterly threat information dissemination. —Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 May 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