totalizing

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But another writer comes to mind as well—the Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, whose 1958 “The Leopard” offers a layered totalizing portrait of a society that is both changing and failing to change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

But another, more totalizing force was making itself known at the same time: the internet.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

Which brings us to the final law: All of a supervillain's hired goons are considered to have the same totalizing physical and ideological dedication to their career, and as such:

From Salon • May 14, 2022

Only with Ellie, Arezu avers, could she “acknowledge my yearning for Omar openly without being confronted with a totalizing narrative of the unequal power dynamic that had existed between us.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021

The need of totalizing, of simplifying, will bring about the general use of such graphic methods as permit of series and comparisons.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.