dissemination

Language: en

🇬🇧 /dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃən/ 🇺🇸 /dɪˌsɛməˈneɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The act of spreading or distributing information, knowledge, ideas, or materials widely to a large number of people.; The act of scattering or dispersing something, such as seeds, over a wide area.; In medicine, the spread of disease or pathological processes from one part of the body to another.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

dissemination of informationwide disseminationdissemination of knowledgedissemination of researchdissemination of findings

Derivatives

disseminatedisseminatordisseminative

Synonyms

distributioncirculationpropagationdiffusiondispersalspreading

Antonyms

suppressionconcealmentwithholding

Commonly confused

distribution
EN: 'Distribution' is broader and can refer to physical delivery of goods; 'dissemination' specifically refers to spreading information or ideas widely.
dispersion
EN: 'Dispersion' refers to physical scattering of particles or groups; 'dissemination' refers to spreading knowledge or information.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 's' in 'dissemination' (dis-sem-i-na-tion), and note the 'i' before '-nation' which is often missed.

💬 Examples

  1. The dissemination of research findings through open-access journals has accelerated scientific progress.

  2. The dissemination of seeds by wind is a common reproductive strategy among many plant species.

  3. The dissemination of cancer cells to distant organs is known as metastasis.