collegiality
noun
col·le·gi·al·i·ty
kə-ˌlē-jē-ˈa-lə-tē 
-ˌlē-gē-
: the cooperative relationship of colleagues
specifically
: the participation of bishops in the government of the Roman Catholic Church in collaboration with the pope
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Boards often mistake collegiality for alignment, avoiding tough conversations and sidelining dissent.
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Elena Rodighiero, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Little of that collegiality is in evidence these days.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett this month joined other members of the bench and bar at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference at the Swissotel and praised her peers for their collegiality.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
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Elena Rodighiero, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Little of that collegiality is in evidence these days.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett this month joined other members of the bench and bar at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference at the Swissotel and praised her peers for their collegiality.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for collegiality
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“Collegiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collegiality. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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