divulgation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

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

     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

• Galician: divulgación (gl) f
• Portuguese: divulgação (pt)
• Russian: обнаро́дование (ru) n (obnaródovanije), публика́ция (ru) f (publikácija), опубликова́ние (ru) n (opublikovánije)
• Spanish: divulgación (es) f

disclosure of a secret

• Polish: wyjawienie (pl) n
• Russian: разглаше́ние (ru) n (razglašénije)

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989
• OED1 Vol.3 p.575
• “divulgation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vyl.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

divulgation f (plural divulgations)

1. divulgation

Further reading

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