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self-enclosed adjective (alsoselfenclosed)uk /ˌself.ɪnˈkləʊzd/ us /ˌself.ɪnˈkloʊzd/ A self-enclosed place or system is separate from others and works independently: This was the book that expanded his readership outside the self-enclosed world of science fiction. Each of the hundreds of processing machines is self-enclosed, and essentially airtight. The development was planned as a self-enclosed community with its own schools, shopping mall, and a private security force. To remain undetected, terrorist cells must be self-enclosed and obsessively secretive. His cinema is a self-enclosed hall of mirrors, each film throwing off fragmented reflections of all the rest. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Enclosing, surrounding and immersing beleaguer beleaguered beset border box someone/something in dunk enclosure fence something in fence something off flooding gather gift wrap gift-wrapped siege soak steep steep something/someone in something submersion swaddle swamp |