divulgation

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪvʌlˈɡeɪʃən/

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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], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     Secrecy hath no less use than divulgation.

   • 2007, Peter M. Burns, Marina Novelli, Tourism and Politics:

     In Calvià the demoasidetion of 16 hotels built in the early 1970s and the new planning strategies have given visibiasidety to a possible reuse of edified areas often showing relevant impacts, in Rimini the project tried to put into action a process of divulgation on sustainable tourism themes.

2. The disclosure or revelation of a secret.
3. The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.

• divulge

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “divulgation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• OED1 Vol.3 p.575
• “divulgation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Learned borrowing from Latin dīvulgātiō. Morphologically, from divulguer +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /di.vyl.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

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divulgation f (plural divulgations)

1. divulgation

• “divulgation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.