PERVASIVENESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of filling or spreading throughout

Example:

the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("pervasiveness" is a kind of...):

generality (the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability)

Derivation:

pervasive (spreading or spread throughout)

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