cohesion
noun
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Cohesion is one of the noun forms of cohere; the others are cohesiveness and coherence, each of which has a slightly different meaning. Coherence is often used to describe a person's speech or writing. An incoherent talk or blog post is one that doesn't "hang together;" and if the police pick up someone who they describe as incoherent, it means he or she isn't making sense. But to describe a group or team that always sticks together, you would use cohesive, not coherent. And the words you'd use in Chemistry class to describe the way molecules hang together—for example, the way water forms into beads and drops—are cohesion, cohesive, and cohesiveness.
Examples of cohesion in a Sentence
Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
But Friday night’s dismal showing — a lopsided 109-86 loss to the reigning champs — was yet another painful reminder of the offensive shortcomings augmented by a lack of bodies, a lack of cohesion and, ultimately, a lack of an efficient, modern system.
—Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
And bipartisan political cohesion to support pandemic prevention efforts has declined as well.
—William A. Haseltine, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
The level of social cohesion in Ukraine was very high between 2022 and 2024.
—Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Cohesion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohesion. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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