cohesiveness
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4.9
- noun
- /koʊˈhiːsɪvnəs/
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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2.8
People or parts joined and acting as one
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4.8
The state of people or parts staying together and forming a whole
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6.7
Being connected and logical so parts form one whole
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5.3
A shared feeling or value that keeps people together
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6.5
A clear, logical order that makes ideas or parts fit together
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6.7
A sticky texture that clings to surfaces like teeth
A feeling of being joined and acting together as one group
The state of items being gathered together into one group
A thick, sticky quality like that of honey or glue
The quality of being sticky and thick like syrup or glue
A sticky quality that makes food form long thin strings
A state of being sticky that makes things hard to clean
The quality of being sticky so it stays on surfaces
A slight stickiness when you touch something
Antonyms
- Specialized
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6.8
When a group or society breaks into smaller parts and loses shared values
How Cohesive
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.