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
Pablo Listingart, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Northwestern has counted on Taylor to provide leadership on and off the field for a team that is 12-2 entering Thursday’s game and is beginning to find a next level of cohesion heading into the postseason.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
Yet, historically, American attitudes toward taxes reveal a great deal about the quality of life in America, institutional trust, and social cohesion in general.
— Made By History, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
Opponents said the courts had already settled the principles of the treaty and that the draft list Seymour put forward would erode indigenous rights and harm social cohesion.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Cohesion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohesion. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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