What is another word for pullulation?

Pronunciation: [pˌʊljuːlˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Pullulation is a term used to describe the rapid and excessive growth of a population or the spread of an organism. There are a number of synonyms for pullulation that can be used to convey this sense of rapid expansion. Some of the most common synonyms include proliferation, propagation, multiplication, diffusion, and dissemination. Each of these words emphasizes the idea of something spreading rapidly and without control. Other synonymous words for pullulation include teeming, thriving, thriving, flourishing, and profuse. These words suggest an abundance of life and growth that is occurring in a particular place or among a particular group of organisms. Whatever synonym you use, the sense of rapid and excessive growth remains the same.

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What are the hypernyms for Pullulation?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Pullulation?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Pullulation

Sometimes one thinks that this is done partly in order to encourage that said pullulation of workers which is so favourable to, the keeping down of wages; but, of course, ancient reasons of ignorance and religious bias weigh also.
"The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife"
Edward Carpenter
I must not, however, neglect to record a very singular new genus, in which the young threads have the characters of Tyndaridea, but, after a time, little swellings occur on their sides, in which a distinct endochrome is formed, extending backwards into the parent endochrome, separated from it by a well defined membrane, and producing, either by repeated pullulation, a compound mass like that of Calothrix, or simply giving rise to a forked thread.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker

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