Etymology From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaereō, + -ive.
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Having cohesion.
a team welded into a cohesive unit
Our object is to unite all the manifestations of the New Era into one cohesive whole—New Thought, Christian Science, Theosophy, Vedanta, Bahaism, and the other sparks from the one New Light.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXX, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC:
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Maloney’s moment of magic ensured they did not. For Scotland, who produced the best of what cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome.2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
“It was presented as a cohesive worldview that you could maintain if you studied the Bible,” she told me. “Part of that was that climate change isn’t real, that evolution is a myth made up by scientists who hate God, and capitalism is God’s ideal for society.”2017 April 13, Molly Worthen, “The Evangelical Roots of Our Post-Truth Society”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
The idea of loyalty to a single country and culture, particularly in East Asia, may also “imply the desire to maintain a cohesive ethnocultural identity,” said Dzankic, of GLOBALCIT.2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN:
Etymology From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaereō, + -ive.
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A substance that provides cohesion
The thesaurus (Chapman, 1977) lists two pages of mechanical tools, two pages of joining functions, and a half page of adhesives, binders, and cohesives used to build or repair consumer goods.2001, Doris Banowsky Arrington, Home is Where the Art Is, →ISBN:
Direct comparison meta-analysis showed that viscoadaptives lead to a lower loss in cell density compared with very low viscosity dispersives, and compared with super viscous cohesives.2012, Lens Diseases—Advances in Research and Treatment: 2012 Edition, →ISBN:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A device used to establish cohesion within a text
The fourth of this group of cohesives is the anaphoric, same UT.1988, Michael R. Walrod, Normative Discourse and Persuasion: An Analysis of Gaʹdang ...: