n. Existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresence: "the repetitiveness, the selfsameness, and the ubiquity of modern mass culture" (Theodor Adorno). [New Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque, everywhere : ubī, where; see kwo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -que, and, generalizing particle; see kwe in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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