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

Sappho is an apt avatar for Schwartz’s project: The totalizing excess of queer art can overwhelm you with laughter or longing, blotting out the painful experiences it sometimes describes.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

It is a totalizing system that represses human agency and offers no escape: We are “like butterflies, pinned live and wriggling onto history’s collage.”

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

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.