encompassment

== English == === Etymology === From encompass +‎ -ment. === Noun === encompassment (countable and uncountable, plural encompassments) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded. Complete inclusion, with no outliers. (anthropology, sociology) 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.