proliferation (noun) - a dramatic number or amount; a sudden or rapid spread or increase [pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuhn]
BREAKDOWN: PROL- (offspring) + FER- (bear) + -ATION (process of)
proliferate means to increase, expand, or multiply rapidly
See also: deference, indifferent
“Learning to learn is to know how to navigate in a forest of facts, ideas and theories, a proliferation of constantly changing items of knowledge. Learning to learn is to know what to ignore but at the same time not rejecting innovation and research.” —Raymond Queneau