cohesiveness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /koʊˈhisɪvnəs/ UK /kəʊˈhiːsɪvnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the quality of holding or sticking together as a unified whole

The group's cohesiveness helped it survive the long crisis.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of holding or... cohesion unity solidaritytogethernessintegration coherence

Opposites

fragmentationdisunitydivision

Word family

Related forms cohesive cohesion cohere

Etymology

From cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'.

cohaerēre Latin haerēre Latin

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# cohesiveness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /koʊˈhisɪvnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /kəʊˈhiːsɪvnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of holding or sticking together as a unified whole

## Examples
- The group's cohesiveness helped it survive the long crisis.

## Synonyms
- cohesion
- unity
- solidarity
- togetherness
- integration
- coherence

## Antonyms
- fragmentation
- disunity
- division

## Related Forms
- cohesive
- cohesion
- cohere

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cohaerēre
- Root: haerēre

## Etymology
From cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'.

## AI Etymology
Cohesiveness comes from cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. The historical trail runs through cohaerēre in Latin and haerēre in Latin. Morphologically, cohesiveness is transparent: it draws on cohesive + -ness, ultimately from Latin cohaerēre 'to stick together', from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. Used as a noun, cohesiveness now means "the quality of holding or sticking together as a unified whole", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cohesive, cohesion, and cohere. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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