cohesive

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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cohesive (kəʊˈhiːsɪv)

—*adj*
1.	characterized by or causing cohesion
2.	tending to cohere or stick together

cohesively

—*adv*

cohesiveness

—n

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Example sentences

They live in cohesive social groups and fight rarely.

They didn't coordinate a cohesive messaging strategy.

It's a fascinating, edgy hybrid of these goals, cohesive despite itself.

It created a socially cohesive group with both moral and fiscal responsibility

for their bank.

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"As survivals from an archaic order, serfdom and slavery had common conflicts with a modern world of nineteenth century capitalism and simultaneously faced crises that ended with abolition of the two systems. But they faced their mid-century crises in very different ways.... Southern slaveholders developed a far more cohesive world and much more power over it than did the noblemen in their world. By mid-century slavery was flourishing as never before, and serfdom was staggering toward bankruptcy. The aggressive vitality of the planter aristocrats in defense of their society and their spirited commitment to slavery as a way of life contrasted sharply with the submissiveness and withering support of serfdom on the part of the Russian nobility."

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