Meaning of PERVASIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'purveysiv
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- [adj] spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"
- [adj] spread throughout; "a pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals"
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| | Synonyms: | | distributive, general, permeant, permeating, permeative, pervading |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per*va"sive\, a.
Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of
a pervading quality. ``Civilization pervasive and general.''
--M. Arnold.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, clean, clear, comprehensive, congenital, consummate, deep-dyed, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, exhaustive, general, inescapable, intensive, omnibus, omnipresent, out-and-out, outright, penetrating, perfect, permeating, permeative, pervading, plain, plumb, prevalent, pure, radical, regular, sheer, straight, suffusing, suffusive, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, wholesale, widespread |
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