See Also: consociation(dictionary)

consociation (iou)



consociation noun. L16.
[Latin consociatio(n-), formed as CONSOCIATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action or fact of associating together; combination. L16.
Fellowship, companionship (with). E17.
An alliance or confederation, esp. of Congregational or Presbyterian churches in an area. Now Hist. exc. US. E17.
b. A council of Congregational churchmen. US. L18.
Ecology. A small climax community or division of a plant association characterized by a single dominant species. E20.
A political system in which power is shared by representatives of different or antagonistic social groups. M20.
consociational adjective L19.
consociationalism noun the principle or practice of political consociation M20.