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   consociation

   /kɒnsəʊʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a political system formed by the cooperation of different, especially antagonistic, social groups on the basis of shared power.
   • ▪ a small climax community of plants having a characteristic dominant species.
   • ▪ a group of animals of the same species which interact more or less equally with each other.
   • ▪ an association of Congregational Churches. dated US
   • 2. close association or fellowship. dated

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘associating, combination’): from Latin consociatio(n-), from the verb consociare, from con- ‘together’ + sociare ‘to associate’ (from socius ‘fellow’).

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