enfoldment
- noun
- /ɪnˈfoʊldmənt/
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envoltura
- The artist's latest work depicts a serene enfoldment of nature, where trees and flowers seem to protect the little creatures within.
Examples
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This sort of movement I have called the implicate order, in which the existence in each part of the world is constantly sustained by unfoldment from the whole and enfoldment back into the whole.
Academic text (1993) -
In particular, the mathematics of quantum theory suggest that the basic movement of matter is to be understood as a process of unfoldment and enfoldment.
Academic text (1993) -
Or, to put it differently, from a subtle enfoldment in the whole, there arises, by a process of unfoldment, the entire manifest universe with its many different and separated objects.
Academic text (1993) -
The teacher provided an enfoldment of the project guidelines to ensure every student understood the expectations.
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In a loving enfoldment, she wrapped her arms around her child, offering warmth and comfort.
Synonyms
2
7.0
A complete covering that surrounds something
2
6.8
A cover that surrounds and protects something
An act of wrapping something closely so it is covered
Surrounding something on all sides and covering it completely
Putting something inside or around another thing to protect it
Being completely covered by something like water or lava
Antonyms
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enfoldment comes from en- meaning 'in' and fold meaning 'to bend or wrap'. So an enfoldment is the act of wrapping or holding something in, like a blanket folded around you for comfort or protection.