all-em·brac·ing

[awl-em-brey-sing]
adjective
covering or applying to all; all-inclusive; blanket: an all-embracing definition.


Origin:
1820–30

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all-embracing

adjective
broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" 
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All-embracing is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
Patronage and mutual obligations are the center of an all-embracing system.
The empathy the film extends to its characters may be evenly distributed, but
  it isn't all-embracing.
It is model so all-embracing as to be virtually meaningless.
The house has two full stories and a third level in the lea of the
  all-embracing gable roof.
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