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cohesion noun [ kə(ʊ)ˈhiːʒ(ə)n ]

• the action or fact of forming a united whole.
• "the work at present lacks cohesion"
Similar: unity, togetherness, solidarity, bond, sticking together, continuity, coherence, connection, linkage, interrelatedness,
Origin: mid 17th century: from Latin cohaes- ‘cleaved together’, from the verb cohaerere (see cohere), on the pattern of adhesion .


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