encompassment (English, noun)
expansion: encompassment (countable and uncountable, plural encompassments)
Senses:
glosses: The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Complete inclusion, with no outliers.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A hierarchical structure such that when two elements of a whole are recognized as opposites, one of them is considered hierarchically superior, while the other is subordinated to the whole.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: encompassments
tags: plural