pervasive
adjUK /pəˈveɪ.sɪv/ · CA, US /pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/
Etymology From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”).
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Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
- The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.
- Mr Xi is also struggling with issues within his carefully-constructed power structure. The unexplained disappearances of key members of his leadership team and military top brass could be seen as either signs of pervasive corruption or political purges.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
- Synonyms
- penetrating, permeating, pervading