Cohesion Meaning
/kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounState of cohering, or of working together.
nounVarious intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
Sentence Examples
Grooming in primates increases group cohesion.
The obedience of everyone to rules, even absurd ones, promotes a greater cohesion within society.
Academic writing needs to show cohesion and coherence.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Team ____ suffered after the manager's unfair treatment of employees.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team lacked social ____ and struggled to work together today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cohaesiōlbor. French cohésionbor. English cohesion Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For divers reasons, the capitalist class lacks this cohesion or solidarity, chief among which is the optimism bred of past success. And, again, the capitalist class is divided; it has within itself a class struggle of no mean proportions, which tends to irritate and harass it and to confuse the situation."
— 1905 April, Jack London, “(please specify the page)”, in War of the Classes, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"In general, it is neither advisable nor possible to create such maximally cohesive classes; on the other hand, we would like cohesion to be high. When cohesion is high, it means that the methods and variables of the class are co-dependent and hang together as a logical whole."
— 2009, Robert C. Martin, chapter 10, in Clean Code, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 140:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Team ____ suffered after the manager's unfair treatment of employees.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team lacked social ____ and struggled to work together today.