English Explanatory Dictionary

consociational

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. 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.

Word forms

consociational more consociational most consociational

Etymology

From consociation + -al.

Derived words

consociationalism consociationally
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