What does "encompassment" mean?
The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
Encompassment
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
- Grammar: encompassment is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: addition, admissibility, admission, affiliation.
- Usage evidence: By this encompassment and drift of question.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded. countable, uncountable
"By this encompassment and drift of question."
- 2 including entirely wordnet
- 3 Complete inclusion, with no outliers. countable, uncountable
"The new encompassment standard to be applied to cases involving commonly owned stations in different broadcast services is less restrictive than the standard used for such stations under the interim policy. For example, under the interim policy if the 1-mv./m. contour of an FM station licensed to serve one community overlapped the grade B contour of a TV station proposed to be licensed to serve another community, the stations were considered to be in the same market. But under the new rules, in such a case the 1-mv./m. contour of the FM station must not only overlap the grade A contour of the TV station (as contrasted with the B contour) but must encompass the entire community of license of the TV station. In other words, the stations must be closer together in order to fall under the proscription against common ownership."
- 4 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. countable, uncountable
"It sometimes seems as though the anthropological nostalgia for Culture and the academic imperative to defend our space by defending our concept blinds us to the reality that the processes of encompassment neither leave others alone nor make them Western. Rather, encompassment creates a new terrain and terms for the production of sameness and difference, value and meaning."
Example
"By this encompassment and drift of question."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "encompassment"?
Common synonyms include: addition, admissibility, admission, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation.
How do you use "encompassment" in a sentence?
By this encompassment and drift of question.
Etymology
From encompass + -ment.