Home › Words › U › unfoldmentunfoldmentunfoldment means unfolding.EtymologyFrom unfold + -ment.noununfoldinge.g.“Even the diverse elements, the minute side-studies and the profuse comments, are all woven into the organic structure, and are essential to the unfoldment of the plot.” — 1884, George Willis Cooke, George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).