Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 全ぜん 面めん 的てき に 支し 持じ する to give full support to something
The party gave full support to the policy.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 全ぜん 面めん 的てき に 協きょう 力りょく する to cooperate fully with someone
We intend to cooperate fully with the investigation.
〈 物もの 〉 を 全ぜん 面めん 的てき に 禁きん 止し する to completely ban something
Smoking is completely banned in that country.
〈 事こと 〉 を 全ぜん 面めん 的てき に 見み 直なお す to thoroughly reconsider/revise something
The company decided to thoroughly revise its management policy.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 全体的 focuses on the big picture or general tendency, while 全面的 stresses total, unreserved involvement in every aspect.
徹底的 emphasizes thoroughness and leaving nothing undone, whereas 全面的 emphasizes covering the whole scope of something.
全般的 describes something that applies generally across a range of cases, while 全面的 stresses that all of something is affected without exception.
完全 means flawless or perfect, focusing on a defect-free state, while 全面的 focuses on the scope and totality of an action or commitment.
全面的 means covering everything or across the board, while 抜本的 focuses on depth of reform rather than its breadth.
Opposites 部分的 means partial or limited to part of something, the direct opposite of 全面的 , which means total and unreserved.
全面的 describes an approach applied across the board to everything, the opposite of 重点的 , which concentrates on select key areas.
Etymology Compound of 全面 (ぜんめん , 'whole surface; all sides') + 的 (てき , adjectival suffix). The meaning 'total, complete' follows naturally from the idea of covering every aspect.
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