Pervasive

Definitions: Pervasive

Pervasive

Adjective

1. Spread throughout; "a pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals".

2. Spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pervasive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

Synonyms: Pervasive

Crosswords: Pervasive

References

• Pervasive Software Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• A Framework to Manage Pervasive Content at the Edge of the Network [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (reference)

• Geography's Inner Worlds: Pervasive Themes in Contemporary American Geography (Occasional Publications of the Association of American Geographers) (reference)

• Internet Future Strategies: How Pervasive Computing Services Will Change the World (reference)

• Making Sense of Art: Sensory-Based Art Activities for Children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ieee Pervasive Computing (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Visual Supports in the Classroom for Students with Autism and Related Pervasive Developmental Disorders (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

Autism is classified as one of the pervasive developmental disorders. (references)

Because of addiction's complexity and pervasive consequences, drug addiction treatment typically must involve many components. (references)

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by an inability to understand how to interact socially. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cameroon

Television is less pervasive but still is more influential than the print media. (references)

India

The alleged reason behind the attacks was the pervasive perception that Christians were encouraging conversions of Hindus. (references)

Bangladesh

Government intrusion into the selection of news remained a pervasive problem. (references)

Discrimination

Korea

There was pervasive discrimination on the basis of social status. (references)

Tunisia

Legal discrimination is not pervasive, apart from that experienced by women in certain areas, such as inheritance, which is governed by Shari'a. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

Surveys of business executives working in Asia have ranked Indonesia among countries where corrupt practices are most pervasive and act as a disincentive to direct foreign investment. (references)

Human Rights

Angola

For example, at the Viana Prison malnutrition and disease are pervasive problems. (references)

Australia

Some indigenous groups charge that police harassment of indigenous people is pervasive and that racial discrimination among police and prison custodians persists. (references)

Haiti

Torture and other forms of abuse are pervasive. (references)

Indigenous People

Nicaragua

Second, drug trafficking and drug money on the Atlantic coast have become far more pervasive than elsewhere in the country. (references)

Peru

The Constitution prohibits discrimination based on race and provides for the right of all citizens to speak their native language; however, the large population of indigenous persons still faces pervasive societal discrimination and social prejudice. (references)

Peru

The native population of the Amazon region, estimated at between 200,000 and 300,000 persons, faces pervasive discrimination and social prejudice. (references)

Minorities

Bulgaria

Strongly held suspicion of evangelical denominations among the Orthodox populace is widespread and pervasive across the political spectrum and has resulted in discrimination. (references)

Ecuador

They suffer widespread poverty and pervasive discrimination, particularly with regard to educational and economic opportunity. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

A wide network of government informants conducted pervasive surveillance in schools, universities, markets, workplaces, and neighborhoods. (references)

Political Rights

Mauritania

The outcome of the elections was marred by fraud on all sides, including pervasive government intervention to support candidates from the ruling party. (references)

Trade

New Zealand

Although a pervasive system of import licensing controls was abolished in the mid-1980's, New Zealand maintains controls on the importation of a variety of items, including firearms and other weapons, explosives, controlled drugs, hazardous wastes, radioactive substances, pesticides, plants, animals, and animal and plant products. (references)

Vietnam

In practice, socially oriented lending is quite pervasive, and adopting more prudent lending standards will take some time. (references)

Women

Mozambique

Sexual harassment is regarded as pervasive in business, government, and education, although no formal data exists. (references)

Mexico

The most pervasive violations of women's rights involve domestic and sexual violence, which are both widespread and vastly underreported. (references)

Pakistan

A second crisis center in Vehari, in southern Punjab, opened in 1998. Rape is a pervasive problem. (references)

Worker Rights

Russia

The belief that women are aware of the risks involved but choose to go anyway is pervasive. (references)

Madagascar

Nevertheless, child labor continued to be a pervasive problem, nearly one in three children ages 7 to 14 works. (references)

Cuba

Corruption and black market activities were pervasive. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "pervasive": all-pervasive.

Albanian

që përhapet (circulatory, communicable), depërtues (clairvoyant, keen, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, searching). (various references)

Bulgarian 

широко разпространен (prevalent, prolate, rife, universal, widespread), проникващ (hard, penetrating, penetrative). (various references)

Chinese 

弥漫 (Pervade, Pervaded, Pervading). (various references)

Czech

pronikavý (biting, grating, high pitched, incisive, keen, penetrable, penetrating, piercing, pungent, screechy, shrill, strident, sweeping), pronikající. (various references)

Danish

uspecificeret gennemgribende udviklingsforstyrrelse (atypical pervasive developmental disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified), generel udviklingsforstyrrelse (pervasive developmental disorder). (various references)

Dutch

pervasieve ontwikkelingsstoornis (pervasive developmental disorder), niet-anderszins omschreven pervasieve ontwikkelingsstoornis (pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified), atypische globale ontwikkelingsstoornis (atypical pervasive developmental disorder). (various references)

Farsi 

فراگیرنده (Acquisitive, Comprehensive), فراگیر, نافذ (Dominant, Incisive, Predominant, Trenchant). (various references)

Finnish

määrittelemätön laaja-alainen kehityshäiriö (pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified), laaja-alainen kehityshäiriö (pervasive developmental disorder), epätyypillinen laaja-alainen kehityshäiriö (atypical pervasive developmental disorder). (various references)

French

pénétrant (penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious), qui se fait sentir partout, envahissant. (various references)

German

durchdringenden. (various references)

Greek 

διαβρωτικόσ (cankerous, corrosive, erosive), διαπεραστικόσ (penetrable, penetrating, penetrative, permeative, piercing, shrill), διαχυτικόσ (communicative, demonstrative, effusion, effusive, gushy). (various references)

Hungarian

átható (acute, intent, obtrusive, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, poignant, shrill, trans). (various references)

Indonesian

ngambreng (have a pervasive odor). (various references)

Italian

pervasivo, penetrante (discerning, drenching, fine, incisive, keen, penetrating, piercing, piping, pointed, searching, sharp), dilagante (invasive, rampant), diffuso (diffuse, diffused, rife, widespread). (various references)

Korean 

그르치게 하는. (various references)

Manx

lhieenagh (abounding, exuberant). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Portuguese

penetrante (acerbic, biting, bitter, clear-sighted, discrimination, in depth, incisive, keen, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacity, piercing, pointed, screaming, screamy, searching, sharp, sharply, shooting, shrill, smart, subtil, subtile, subtle), penetração (deepness, penetration, permeation, piercing, point, vision), sutil (dainty, delicate, fine, keen, penetrating, refined, subtil, subtile, subtle), que se infiltra, que penetra, difusivo (diffusive). (various references)

Romanian

universal (common, general, generic, universal, universally, worldwide), atotpãtrunzãtor. (various references)

Russian 

распространяющийся, проникающий (engrained, ingrain, penetrating, penetrative). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

koji prožima. (various references)

Spanish

penetrante (acute, bitter, clear, deep, injudicious, invader, obtrusive, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, probing, searching, sharp, shrewd), que lo impregna todo. (various references)

Swedish

som präglar allting, genomträngande (keen, overpowering, penetrating, penetration, penetrative, permeation, pervasion, piercing, sharp, shrill), genomgripande (exhaustive). (various references)

Turkish

yaygın (broad, common, diffuse, diffusive, endemic, epidemic, epidemical, expansive, extensive, familiar, far flung, general, pandemic, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, rife, wide, widespread), sinen, nüfuz eden. (various references)

Ukranian 

проникаючий (penetrating, penetrative), поширюваний (diffusive). (various references)

Vietnamese 

toả khắp lan tràn khắp, thâm nhập khắp. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "pervasive": pervasively, pervasiveness, pervasivenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Pervasive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kervaire, perative, pervaisive, pervasie, pervassive, prevasive, provisive, pservasive. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aversive.

-2 letters: aperies, evasive, parvise, paviser, peavies, previse, repaves, revives, savvier.

-3 letters: aeries, aivers, aspire, averse, easier, pareve, paries, parvis, pavers, pavise, pereia, praise, reaves, reives, repave, revise, revive, serape, spavie, spirea, varies, varves, verves, vesper, vipers, vivers.

-4 letters: aerie, aiver, apers, apres, arise, asper, avers, eaves, erase, pairs, paise, pares, paris, parse, parve.

+2 letters: pervasively.

+3 letters: preservative.

+4 letters: pervasiveness, preservatives, preventatives.

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