pervasive
adjective
[ pəˈveɪsɪv ]
• (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
• "ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society"
Similar:
prevalent,
penetrating,
pervading,
permeating,
extensive,
ubiquitous,
omnipresent,
present everywhere,
rife,
widespread,
general,
common,
universal,
pandemic,
epidemic,
endemic,
inescapable,
insidious,
immanent,
permeative,
suffusive,
permeant,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from Latin pervas- ‘passed through’ (from the verb pervadere ) + -ive.
