pervasion

Thorough penetration throughout

Pervasion is the act or process of spreading throughout something, or the state of having spread throughout.

The noun form of pervade, it describes how something diffuses completely through a space or substance: the pervasion of smoke through the building, the pervasion of corruption in local government.

The word is formal and uncommon; most writers prefer phrases like "the spread of" or simply use pervade.

spread

diffusion

Passive molecular spreading

proliferation · dispersion · propagation · distribution · circulation · infusion · suffusion · penetration · seepage · infiltration

influence

sway

Rock back and forth

reach · entrenchment · infiltration · insinuation · encroachment · absorption · saturation · hold · grip · foothold

ubiquity

omnipresence

Existing everywhere at once

ever-present · prevalence · commonness · universality · inescapability · saturation · predominance · extensiveness · far-reaching · thoroughness

Opposites
spread vs. containment

pervasioncontainment

Preventing hostile expansion

isolation · confinement · localization · restriction · encapsulation

presence vs. absence

pervasionabsence

State of not being

lack · void · vacancy · scarcity · dearth

Family

pervasive, pervasiveness, pervasively

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G