envelopment

noun

Definition of envelopmentnext
as in entanglement

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Recent Examples of envelopment Recent acoustical changes to the ever-challenging Houston hall have even yielded more sonic presence, warmth and envelopment. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envelopment
  1. entanglement
  2. entrapment
  3. enmeshment
  4. ambush
  5. web
Noun
  • Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in which two or more particles become connected.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • Sadoski plays Chef Luca, a brilliant but self-destructive superstar chef whose personal entanglements and rock-star antics threaten to derail his high-end restaurant residency at The Roman.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Definition of entanglement
Noun
  • These notions of disappearance and abandonment—as though Millett were some universal mother or authority figure walking out on her responsibilities—sit oddly beside the work’s bald presentation of entrapment and humiliation.
    — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
  • The franchise launched in 1996 with a game that took players and Croft to Peru, Greece, Egypt, and the lost island of Atlantis, dodging all manner of creatures and entrapments.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Definition of entrapment
Noun
  • Complex, intricate, and at all times realistic and humane, Famous Men is the pinnacle of the attempt to capture this specific and yet, all too universal, formative experience of enmeshment, devotion, and ego-death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • People who avoid intimacy often fear that emotional closeness will lead to loss of control, obligation or enmeshment.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of enmeshment
Noun
  • Several troubling new details are included in the articles, including an accusation that ADA leadership knew in advance that members would be handing out copies of the editorial and deliberately set up an ambush by venue security and local police.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • Humans prepare for warfare with more surveillance, taking to higher ground to gather information, conducting ambushes and raids, and quietly spying on enemy territory to avoid detection.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of ambush
Noun
  • At the same time, Fedorov has built a worldwide web of ties with global tech leaders.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Low interest rates let venture capitalists fund nonsense web businesses and let banks provide junk loans to borrowers with terrible credit.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of web

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“Envelopment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envelopment. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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