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

Rapid developments in artificial intelligence have led to the rise of the creation and dissemination of deepfake images and videos. —Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024

The court has been investigating the dissemination of fake news and disinformation that cast doubt on the country’s elections in the months and years leading up to the storming of the legislature on January 8, 2023. —Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024

With aspirations of becoming a global leader in art curation and dissemination, the gallery envisions expanding its reach and impact on a global scale. —Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024

Recognizing that any legal reforms will take time, the organizations are calling on the media and industrial leaders in the country to introduce rules surrounding the dissemination of AI technologies. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024

The Gates foundation says the preprint mandate is needed to accelerate the dissemination of research findings and because too many authors cannot afford publishing fees. —Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 1 Apr. 2024

The gold mineralization appears to be widely distributed in disseminations, fractures and veinlets at high levels within its quartz-feldspar porphyry, feldspar porphyry stocks, quartzites and related hydrothermal breccias. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024

Understanding Threat Intelligence Threat intelligence refers to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information about existing or emerging threats that could harm an organization. —Tony Bradley, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024

The law criminalizes the non-consensual dissemination of deep fake imagery used to influence elections within 90 days of an election. —USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above