Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being cohesive; the tendency to unite by cohesion; cohesibility.
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- noun the state of being
cohesive
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- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
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Examples
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I will agree with them on a few points – there is a disconnect in cohesiveness when you compare “Eclipse” to “Twilight” and it has always bothered me that Jasper did not speak with his Texas drawl until after the first film.
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America is losing a certain cohesiveness of purpose, of shared ideals, which it has had in the past, thanks to flaws in education and socially acceptable attitudes, among other things.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Where are the “Defend the Border” Folks When You Really Need Them 2009
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I will agree with them on a few points – there is a disconnect in cohesiveness when you compare “Eclipse” to “Twilight” and it has always bothered me that Jasper did not speak with his Texas drawl until after the first film.
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I'm not talking about the economy, but I am talking about the idea of cohesiveness, of working together for a greater good.
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If there are to be problems with "cohesiveness", it will not come from gay and lesbian soldiers.
Herb Hamsher: The DADT Emperor Has No Clothes Herb Hamsher 2010
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If there are to be problems with "cohesiveness", it will not come from gay and lesbian soldiers.
Herb Hamsher: The DADT Emperor Has No Clothes Herb Hamsher 2010
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If there are to be problems with "cohesiveness", it will not come from gay and lesbian soldiers.
Herb Hamsher: The DADT Emperor Has No Clothes Herb Hamsher 2010
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And for the core group that regularly meets it builds a common sense of purpose and research cohesiveness which is vital to builidng and sustaining an intellectual movement.
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And for the core group that regularly meets it builds a common sense of purpose and research cohesiveness which is vital to builidng and sustaining an intellectual movement.
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Gathered in convents which were also barracks, combining with the passive obedience of the soldier, the spontaneous submission of the religious, living shoulder to shoulder in brotherly union, commander and subordinate, these orders surpassed, in that cohesiveness which is the ideal of every military organization, the most famous bodies of picked soldiery known to history, from the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
skipvia commented on the word cohesiveness
Degree to which the sample deforms before rupturing when biting with molars. I love the specificity of this term. What about the bicuspids? See Still Hungry?
January 24, 2008