divulgation

English

Etymology

From Latin divulgatio. Compare French divulgation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪvʌlˈɡeɪʃən/

Noun

divulgation (countable and uncountable, plural divulgations)

1. The act of divulging or publishing; publication.
   • Bishop Hall, Contemplations (Can we date this quote?)

     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.

Related terms

• divulge

Translations

publication

• Portuguese: divulgação (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: обнаро́дование (ru) n (obnaródovanije), публика́ция (ru) f (publikácija), опубликова́ние (ru) n (opublikovánije)

disclosure of a secret

• Polish: wyjawienie (pl) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: разглаше́ние (ru) n (razglašénije)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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Pronunciation

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Noun

divulgation f (plural divulgations)

1. divulgation