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cohesion

cohesion

21 4.8
The state of people or parts staying together and forming a whole
  • noun
  • /koʊˈhiːʒən/
translation icon : cohesión
  • Family factors included family support, family harmony, family pride, family cohesion, and family cultural conflict.
  • social cohesion
  • group cohesion
  • family cohesion

And really reading about social cohesion and social structuring.

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Examples

  • The common image of a deeply torn Israel is inaccurate, as social cohesion is now greater than before.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Safe patient care requires group cohesion formed through mutual respect among colleagues.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We get to create that really beautiful cohesion between these spaces.

  • Many researchers believe there is a strong relationship between team cohesion and athletic performance.

    Academic text (2011)
  • As at the international level, this cohesion is also influenced by the distribution of wealth.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The political cohesion of Israel is being tested by the pressures it faces.

    Academic text (2015)
  • A good collection should showcase a variety of beautiful garments, lots of ideas, but also show cohesion throughout the collection.

  • Measures will also be brought forward to promote social cohesion and protect people by tackling extremism.

  • It aids integration and helps to create national identity and social cohesion and therefore should be promoted.

  • Many researchers believe there is a strong relationship between team cohesion and athletic performance.

Synonyms

unity
vscohesion
217 2.8

People or parts joined and acting as one

focuses on physical or general sticking rather than agreement
coherence
vscohesion
16 6.7

Being connected and logical so parts form one whole

focuses on literal sticking together or forming a physical whole
cohesiveness
vscohesion
6 4.9

How well things stick together to form one whole

is about the state rather than the general quality
coherency
vscohesion
1 6.5

A clear, logical order that makes ideas or parts fit together

focuses on joining or sticking together rather than logical order
unitedness
vscohesion
7.0

A feeling of being joined and acting together as one group

stresses physical sticking together rather than joint action

Antonyms

Breaking something into small pieces, often by force

4 6.4

A situation when people or groups do not agree

Compounds

grammatical cohesion
  • Specialized
6.3

A way sentences connect using grammar like pronouns and conjunctions

How Cohesive

solidarity
114 5.2
unity
217 2.8
cohesion
21 4.8
disunity
4 6.4

Surface Forms

cohesion singular
cohesions plural

Morphology

cohesion = cohere (transparent) = cohere + ion

Regular noun formation from the verb 'cohere' referring to the state of being united.

Etymology

Cohesion comes from Latin parts co- meaning 'together' and haerēre meaning 'to stick'. So when a group or team has cohesion, its members are like things that 'stick together' and form one united whole.