divulgation

English

Etymology

From Latin dīvulgātiō (“wide publication”). Compare French divulgation. By surface analysis, di- +‎ vulgation.

Pronunciation

Noun

divulgation (countable and uncountable, plural divulgations)

  1. The act of divulging or publishing; publication.
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      Secrecy hath no less use than divulgation.
  2. The disclosure or revelation of a secret.
  3. The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.

Translations

References
  • OED 2nd edition 1989
  • OED1 Vol.3 p.575

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “divulgation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From Latin dīvulgātiōnem.

Pronunciation
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Noun

divulgation f (plural divulgations)

  1. divulgation

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