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pervasiveness

n. The state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place.

WordNet
pervasiveness

n. the quality of filling or spreading throughout; "the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways"

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Pervasiveness

Pervasiveness generally refers to something being present in all parts of a particular thing or place, and is used as a term in:

  • Pervasiveness doctrine
  • Pervasive developmental disorder, emphasizing the affection of multiple basic functions affected

Usage examples of "pervasiveness".

Darwinism on Hitler, as well as the pervasiveness of Darwinism among the German intellectual class preceding the rise of Nazi Germany, would merit a small mention in college classrooms.

Foresters too were feeling alienated from the Synesis, hostile to its pervasiveness.

The very pervasiveness of Christmas and the deep resentment felt by many—perhaps most—Americans about the seemingly absurd finickiness of the courts in their effort to keep government bodies from promoting Christian Christmas rituals show that pluralism does not come easily or naturally even to a people with a two-century history of commitment to it.