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consociationism

consociationism is the alternative form of consociationalism.

Meaning of consociationalism

Noun

consociationalism (uncountable)

  1. Political consociation; government through guaranteed group representation.
    • Where consociationalism and federalism overlay one another, moreover, the continuity of the latter depends on the stability of consociationalism.1995, Hudson Meadwell, “8: Quebec Independence and Secession in the Developed West”, in Sukumar Periwal, editor, Notions of Nationalism, page 140

Origin of consociationism

From consociation + -ism.

Questions about consociationism

What is consociationism the alternative form of?
Consociationism is the alternative form of consociationalism.

Words near consociationism in the dictionary

  1. consociating
  2. consociation
  3. consociational
  4. consociationalism
  5. consociationally
  6. consociationism
  7. consociations
  8. consociative
  9. consocies
  10. consocieties
  11. consociety

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