What does "all-encompassing" mean?

Including everything; universal.

All-encompassing

Common synonyms include: absolute, across-the-board, all around, all comprehensive, all embracing, all inclusive.

adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Adjective

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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

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

From all- + encompassing.