cohesiveness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the state of cohering or sticking together
noun the property of being cohesive and sticky

Etymology

From cohesive + -ness.

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There are sufficient reasons why the Tories should always be able to keep together, but let them have the credit of cohesiveness and subordination to control. — Complete Short Works of George Meredith, George Meredith
The Chinese derive such strength from their four hundred millions, the toughness of their national customs, their power of passive resistance, and their unrivalled national cohesiveness--in spite of the civil wars, which merely ruffle the surface--that they can afford to despise military methods, and to wait till the feverish energy of their oppressors shall have exhausted itself in internecine combats. — The Problem of China, Bertrand Russell
He can either insist on its complexity, or emphasize its cohesiveness; in this soul he is about to create, he can deliberately reproduce its absolute darkness, or for the reader he can dispel such darkness by his very description of it; he will either respect the soul’s hidden depths, or lay them open.” You see what Rivière’s theory is: the French school explores the unplumbed depths, whereas certain foreign novelists, Dostoevsky in particular, respect and cherish their gloom. — Dostoevsky, André Gide

Synonyms

coherence, coherency, cohesion

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms): connection
Narrower (hyponyms): continuity, consistency
Opposite (antonyms): incoherence

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