0 to catch or involve someone in something unpleasant or dangerous from which it is difficult to escape:
Though we were outsiders, once at the orphanage we too became enmeshed in this nested power structure.
The general practitioners' perceptions of the measures under the study were enmeshed within these concerns overall.
Thus, the present study examined whether children, and specifically, girls who experienced enmeshed family interactions at 24 months will display depressive symptoms in middle childhood.
Trypanosomes are therefore enmeshed in a network of cytokines and effector molecules that both stimulate and inhibit their growth and development.
To the extent it becomes enmeshed in controversial legal disputes, its support is certainly at risk.
In the process, an international "brand pidgin" may be emerging as discourses and brands have become enmeshed to a previously unimaginable degree.
Consistent with family systems theory, it was hypothesized that at least three forms of family functioning would emerge: cohesive, enmeshed, and disengaged families.
Overly diffuse boundaries may involve enmeshing or controlling interaction patterns.
