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consociational

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
conso-ci-a-tion-al
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, with none of the divisions large enough to form a majority group, yet nonetheless stable due to consultation among the elites of each of its major social groups.

Etymology

From consociation + -al.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more consociational (comparative) most consociational (superlative)

Derived Forms

consociationalism consociationally

Questions

What does consociational mean?
Having major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, with none of the divisions large enough to form a majority group, yet nonetheless stable due to consultation among the elites of each of its major social groups.
Where does consociational come from?
From consociation + -al.

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