Meaning of COALITION
| Pronunciation: | | `kowu'lishun
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- [n] the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- [n] an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- [n] the state of being combined into one body
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| | Synonyms: | | alignment, alinement, alliance, coalescence, coalescency, concretion, conglutination, fusion |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonalignment, nonalinement | | |
| | See Also: | | alliance, allies, ally, axis, bloc, combination, confederation, conjugation, entente, entente cordiale, federalisation, federalization, international organisation, international organization, jointure, organisation, organization, popular front, unification, unification, union, union, uniting, world organisation, world organization | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Co`a*li"tion\, n. [LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition.
See {Coalesce}.]
1. The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of
separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.
--Bentley.
2. A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons,
parties, or states, having different interests.
A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg. --J.
Randolph.
The coalition between the religious and worldly
enemies of popery. --Macaulay.
Syn: Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league;
combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.
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| | Related Terms: | | addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, Anschluss, assemblage, assimilation, association, axis, band, blend, blending, bloc, body, Bund, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence, colleagueship, college, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, common market, communist front, composition, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, consumer cooperative, cooperative, cooperative society, copartnership, copartnery, corps, council, credit union, customs union, economic community, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, faction, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, free trade area, freemasonry, front, fusion, gang, grass-roots movement, ground swell, group, grouping, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, junction, junta, league, machine, marriage, meld, melding, mergence, merger, merging, mob, movement, package, package deal, partnership, party, political front, political machine, popular front, ring, Rochdale cooperative, society, sodality, solidification, sorority, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, wedding |
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