disseminate
(verb)
To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed
Examples of disseminate in the following topics:
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A Communications Revolution
- Improved communication systems fostered the development of business, economics, and politics by allowing for dissemination of news at a speed previously unknown.
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Individualism
- He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
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Emerson and Thoreau
- He disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
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Immigration Restriction League
- The League used books, pamphlets, meetings, and numerous newspaper and journal articles to disseminate information and sound the alarm about the dangers of the immigrant flood tide.
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The Declaration of Independence
- This pamphlet was responsible for broadly disseminating the idea of republicanism, bolstering enthusiasm for separation from Britain, and encouraging recruitment for the Continental Army.
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The Agrarian and Populist Movements
- He found conditions to be generally poor and became determined to found an organization of farmers for the dissemination of information.
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The Emergence of "American" Literature
- The ideas of transcendentalism were able to permeate American thought and culture through a prolific print culture, which allowed magazines and journals to be widely disseminated.
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The Breakdown of Sectional Balance
- With the conflict over the Texan border escalating, Polk sent Zachary Taylor and American troops into Texas to defend the Rio Grande boundary, provoking the outbreak of war.The American public largely supported the war and was eager for news of conquest and war stories disseminated from newspapers and magazines.The war also held romantic appeal for Americans who believed that it was the destiny of the United States to possess the North American continent and to expand "progressive democracy" to new territories acquired from backward nations.
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Lincoln and Republican Victory in 1860
- While the campaign propaganda concentrated on disseminating the party platform, it also drew attention to Lincoln's life story, making the most of his boyhood poverty, his pioneer background, his innate genius, and his rise from obscurity.
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Wilson's Fourteen Points
- The speech was widely disseminated as an instrument of propaganda to encourage the Allies to victory.