pervasive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

per·va·sive BrE [pəˈveɪsɪv] NAmE [pərˈveɪsɪv] adjective
existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing
•a pervasive smell of damp
•Her influence is all-pervasive (= it affects everyone and everything).
•A sense of social change is pervasive in her novels.
Derived Words: ↑pervasively ▪ ↑pervasiveness

Word Origin:
[pervasive pervasively pervasiveness] mid 18th cent.: from Latin pervas- ‘passed through’ (from the verb pervadere) + ↑-ive.

Example Bank:
•the increasingly pervasive subculture in modern society

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  permeant, permeating, permeative