engulfment

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English

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Etymology

From engulf +‎ -ment.

Noun

engulfment (countable and uncountable, plural engulfments)

  1. The act of engulfing
    • 1985 December 28, Alia Ever, Bonnie Wolf, “Being Jewish at Christmas”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 5:
      The cultural engulfment that Jews experience at Christmas

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