English Explanatory Dictionary

consilience

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets.
  2. The agreement, co-operation, or overlap of academic disciplines.

Pronunciation

/kənˈsɪ.li.əns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-consilience.wav

Word forms

consilience consiliences

Etymology

From Latin con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap”) (modelled after resiliēns (“rebounding”)) + -ence, influenced by concurrent. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1840 in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences.

Synonyms

coincidence

Related words

nonresilient nonsalient resile resiliate resilience resiliency resilient resiliently salience saliency salient saliently

Derived words

consilient consiliently
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