consociational

Definition of consociationalnext
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Adjective
  • Defendants contest only that CASA has not satisfied the first requirement for such associational standing.
    New York Times, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The grounds have colonial and Victorian buildings, and lush grounds fringed with palm trees and excellent ocean views.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
  • In 2024, $18 million in federal tax dollars from San Diego went to apartheid Israel to further colonial interests of the United States.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Adjective
  • Tweens and teens look to each other for clarity and guidance on how to behave and how to feel, all the while gambling with each other’s social confidence and self-esteem.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Marriage, in this reading, functions as the one social institution that still reliably closes the aspiration gap — a stable anchor for identity and status at a moment when career and credentials no longer deliver those things dependably.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
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“Consociational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consociational. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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