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Encompassment

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of encompassing, or the state of being encompassed.

n. Circumlocution in speaking; periphrasis.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. including entirely

Word Usage

"It's not so much a truly original story with regards to the subject matter, but the global encompassment, coupled with the avoidance of being violently gratuitous make for a one-of-a-kind book."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

inclusion

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

circumvention