(~s, encapsulating, ~d)
To ~ particular facts or ideas means to represent all their most important aspects in a very small space or in a single object or event.
A Wall Street Journal editorial ~d the views of many conservatives...
His ideas were ~d in a book called ‘Democratic Ideals and Reality’.
VERB: V n, be V-ed in n, also V n in n
encapsulation (encapsulations)
...a witty encapsulation of modern America.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n