Nor can we step outside of this self-contained universe and see it for what it is, the deconstructionists believe.

TV has become a self-contained universe, endlessly discussing everything in relation to itself.

The Senate is its own self-contained universe, sealed off from all pressures except internal ones.

Women are self-contained universes, mysterious dark radio stars which work on laws entirely different from our own.

Would they take over human worlds and star systems once humans withdrew inside their own self-contained universes?

The casino hotels along the Strip are stage sets, self-contained universes in which visitors can lose themselves.

The sound came from every direction within the self-contained universe that was the Bololo archetype.

In a small, self-contained universe where everyone knows everyone else, there can be no greater shock than encountering a total stranger.

Valere, existing as he does in a self-contained universe of one, is allowed precious few chances to interact with others.

"It becomes a self-contained universe," one Assembly staff member said.