All-encompassing

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Including everything; universal.

    "The desire to get back into the womb can become, in a creative way, a making of a womb out of the whole world, including everything in the womb (the city, the enlarged universe of Black Spring, of The Black Book), the all-englobing, all-encompassing womb, holding everything."

Adjective
  1. 1
    broad in scope or content wordnet

Synonyms

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absoluteacross-the-boardall aroundall comprehensiveall embracingall inclusive

Antonyms

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broad

Example

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"To claim there is an all-encompassing Jewish race would be inaccurate."

Etymology

From all- + encompassing.

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