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cohesiveness

cohesiveness

6 4.9
How well things stick together to form one whole
  • noun
  • /koʊˈhiːsɪvnəs/
translation icon : cohesión
  • The cohesiveness of the team was evident during the championship game when everyone worked seamlessly together.
  • group cohesiveness
  • lack of cohesiveness
  • internal cohesiveness

Examples

  • Simply put, Asia lacks the cohesiveness, in history or geography, of Europe.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Finally, the group has a cohesiveness that keeps the members together.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Expectations are known, and team cohesiveness is part of the culture.

    Academic text (2011)
  • With the help of the teacher, the group can move on toward greater cohesiveness.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Our discipline and cohesiveness will make us competitive.

  • An emphasis was also placed on using the consensus process to develop group cohesiveness and commitment to a goal.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The accomplishment of this task was reflected through increased group cohesiveness as well.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The family's cohesiveness made it not only economically viable but also prosperous.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Diaries also indicate that instead of weakening the cohesiveness of the family, migration strengthened it.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Teachers noticed that the cohesiveness of the students improved after they participated in group projects.

Synonyms

unity
vscohesiveness
217 2.8

People or parts joined and acting as one

means physical sticking together rather than social agreement and harmony
cohesion
vscohesiveness
21 4.8

The state of people or parts staying together and forming a whole

is the same meaning but appears as an alternative lexical form
coherence
vscohesiveness
16 6.7

Being connected and logical so parts form one whole

focuses on physical or social sticking rather than logical connectedness
tie that binds
vscohesiveness
4 5.3

A shared feeling or value that keeps people together

refers to the quality of sticking together rather than a single force
coherency
vscohesiveness
1 6.5

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

stresses actual sticking or joining instead of only logical order
gumminess
vscohesiveness
1 6.7

A sticky texture that clings to surfaces like teeth

applies to joining or unity broadly more than to texture quality
unitedness
vscohesiveness
7.0

A feeling of being joined and acting together as one group

highlights physical adhesion or material joining more than group action
collectedness
vscohesiveness
6.4

The state of items being gathered together into one group

refers to continuous adhesive quality rather than merely being gathered
viscidity
vscohesiveness
9.9

A thick, sticky quality like that of honey or glue

covers social and abstract togetherness rather than only material stickiness
viscidness
vscohesiveness
9.9

The quality of being sticky and thick like syrup or glue

focuses on unity or joining generally not just thick adhesive texture
ropiness
vscohesiveness
9.2

A sticky quality that makes food form long thin strings

emphasizes forming a united whole rather than specific threadlike texture
gluiness
vscohesiveness
7.3

A state of being sticky that makes things hard to clean

focuses on overall unity and lasting joining rather than glue like texture
glueyness
vscohesiveness
5.8

The quality of being sticky so it stays on surfaces

means unitedness or mutual cohesion more than simple surface adhesion
tackiness
vscohesiveness
4.2

A slight stickiness when you touch something

expresses broader joining or unity rather than a slight tactile stickiness

Antonyms

fragmentation
  • Specialized
9 6.8

When a group or society breaks into smaller parts and loses shared values

4 6.4

A situation when people or groups do not agree

How Cohesive

solidarity
114 5.2
unity
217 2.8
cohesiveness
6 4.9
disunity
4 6.4

Surface Forms

cohesiveness singular

Morphology

cohesiveness = cohesive (transparent) = cohere + ive + ness

Formed from the adjective 'cohesive' with the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness', yielding the quality of being cohesive.

Etymology

Cohesiveness comes from the verb cohere, made from co- meaning 'together' and a root that meant 'to stick', as you can see in the word adhere. So, cohesiveness is the quality of parts 'sticking together' to form one united whole.