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Ubiquity is the state of being very widespread or seeming to be everywhere at once.

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When a new popular book seems to be discussed absolutely everywhere and by absolutely everyone, this is an example of ubiquity.

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noun

the state, fact, or capacity of being, or seeming to be, everywhere at the same time; omnipresence

Origin: Fr ubiquité < L ubique, everywhere < ubi, where + -que, any, akin to qui: see who

See ubiquity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresence: “the repetitiveness, the selfsameness, and the ubiquity of modern mass culture” (Theodor Adorno ).

Origin:

Origin: New Latin ubīquitās

Origin: , from Latin ubīque, everywhere

Origin: : ubī, where; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -que, and, generalizing particle; see k^we in Indo-European roots

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