noun
- plural of enmeshment; the state or condition of being caught, trapped, or deeply involved in something (often a complex relationship or situation)
Usage: commonly used in psychology and relationship contexts; often implies an unhealthy or difficult entanglement
Examples
- The therapist helped the family recognize the enmeshments that prevented healthy boundaries.
- Years of enmeshments in toxic relationships left her struggling with self-identity.
- The company's financial enmeshments with its suppliers created serious complications.
- Enmeshments between personal and professional life can lead to burnout.
- She worked to untangle the enmeshments that had defined her family dynamics.
- The legal enmeshments of the merger took months to resolve.