CONSOCIATION


Meaning of CONSOCIATION in English

■ noun

1》 a political system formed by the cooperation of different social groups on the basis of shared power.

↘ dated close association or fellowship.

2》 Ecology a small climax community of plants having a characteristic dominant species.

Derivatives

~al adjective

~alism noun

Origin

C16: from L. consociatio(n-) , from consociare , from con- 'together' + sociare 'to associate' (from socius 'fellow').

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