enmeshment

noun

as in entanglement

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Recent Examples of enmeshment That is an unhealthy amount of enmeshment. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025 This enmeshment of creative sources showcased how the titan utilized himself as an instrument who chose to refuse normativity. — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Aug. 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmeshment
  1. entanglement
  2. entrapment
  3. envelopment
Noun
  • Common threats include biotoxins, chemical contaminants, disease, and fishing gear entanglements, experts say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
  • Speaking in Portugal this week, Warsh seemed keen to move the Fed through judicial entanglements and get on with the task at hand.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 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
  • 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
Definition of envelopment

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“Enmeshment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmeshment. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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