Definition of Pervasive

1. Adjective. Spreading or spread throughout. "An error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"

Exact synonyms: Permeant, Permeating, Permeative
Similar to: Distributive
Derivative terms: Permeate, Permeate, Permeate, Pervade, Pervasiveness

Definition of Pervasive

1. a. Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.

Definition of Pervasive

1. Adjective. Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pervasive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pervasive

pervade
pervaded
pervader
pervaders
pervades
pervading
pervadingly
pervaporate
pervaporated
pervaporates
pervaporating
pervaporation
pervasion
pervasions
pervasive (current term)
pervasive development disorder
pervasive developmental disorder
pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified
pervasive developmental disorders
pervasively
pervasiveness
pervasivenesses
perve
perved
pervenous pacemaker
perverse
perversed
perversedly
perversely

Literary usage of Pervasive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readings in Industrial Society: A Study in the Structure and Functioning of by Leon Carroll Marshall (1918)
"TWO pervasive AND CONNECTIVE INDUSTRIES' There are two sorts of industry which ... They are not fundamental, like mining and agriculture, but pervasive and ..."

2. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano by Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano (2003)
"They will be everywhere, pervasive but hidden. lt is this combination that ... The 'WWW of pervasive wireless So far, we have only considered one aspect of ..."

3. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"The mechanism of banking and credit makes interest all-pervasive, 44 — Sec. 6. Variations in the rate of interest in different countries and for different ..."

4. The Bookman (1915)
"fundamentally un-Italian qualities—an ungoverned phantasy and a pervasive humour. The book surveys the schools of Cologne, of Swabia, and of Nuremberg. ..."

5. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"PATHOGENS STILL POSE pervasive RISKS IN THE UNITED STATES Dr. Jacoby and I recently surveyed the top 100 institutional recipients of National Institutes of ..."

6. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"... Death- Depopulation by the next war—The evolutionary nisus and death as its queller—Death symbolism as pervasive as that of sex—Flirtations of youthful ..."

7. Economics: An Introduction for the General Reader by Henry Clay (1918)
"... VI COMPETITION AND ASSOCIATION The pervasive Influence of Competition The Rôle of Choice.—Let us take our stand at the outfitter's counter once more. ..."

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