Synonyms for propagation
prop·a·ga·tion

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1. propagation, extensionnoun

   the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

   Synonyms:
   extension, multiplication, denotation, annex, lengthiness, reference, filename extension, extension phone, file name extension, wing, generation, annexe, prolongation, university extension, telephone extension, extension service, elongation

2. generation, multiplication, propagationnoun

   the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

   Synonyms:
   genesis, multiplication, times, contemporaries, extension, generation, coevals

3. propagationnoun

   the movement of a wave through a medium

   Synonyms:
   generation, extension, multiplication

Matched Categories

1. • Physical Phenomenon
   • Reproduction

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1. propagationnoun

   Synonyms:
   multiplication, increase, continuance

2. propagationnoun

   Synonyms:
   dissemination, diffusion, extension, enlargement

3. propagationnoun

   Synonyms:
   generation, procreation, breeding

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1. List of paraphrases for "propagation":

   spread, multiplication, propagating, spreading, propagate, dissemination, spillover, lrtp

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1. The Twitter spokesperson:

   These relationships are longstanding and go beyond any one event, our consistent collaboration with law enforcement and government partners spans a number of issues, including the propagation of violent activity, attempts at platform manipulation, election integrity issues, and more.

2. French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn:

   This is the first fatality by the coronavirus outside Asia, the first death in Europe, we have to get our health system ready to face a possible pandemic propagation of the virus, and therefore the spreading of the virus across France.

3. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar:

   Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

4. Marty Moore:

   The teaching and the propagation of those faiths, if it comes into contact with an LGBTQ person, regardless of whether that LGBTQ person is seeking that counseling or not, the propagation and teaching and dissemination of those faiths run the risk of being classified as conversion therapy.

5. Fyodor Dostoevsky:

   By interpreting freedom as the propagation and immediate gratification of needs, people distort their own nature, for they engender in themselves a multitude of pointless and foolish desires, habits, and incongruous stratagems. Their lives are motivated only by mutual envy, sensuality, and ostentation.