all-encompassing

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all-encompassing

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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.
Similar: comprehensive, overall, all around, all-embracing, all-inclusive

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adj including everything

Español	omnímodo, omnicomprensivo, omnicomprehensivo, omnienglobante, omnienglobador
中文	全面的 quánmiàn de, 綜合的 /综合的 zōnghé de
Română	universal
Русский	всеобъе́млющий vseobʺjémljuščij

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@misc{all_encompassing_2026,
  title = {all-encompassing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all-encompassing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}