coalition
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• noun
A temporary alliance or partnership formed by distinct political parties, states, or organizations for combined action or to achieve a common purpose.
"Following the inconclusive election results, three smaller parties formed a governing coalition."
The act or process of coalescing or uniting into a single body or whole.
"The gradual coalition of these regional dialects eventually produced a standardized literary language."
An abnormal union of two or more bones in the body, especially in the foot or wrist, connected by fibrous tissue, cartilage, or bone.
"The orthopedic specialist diagnosed a tarsal coalition as the underlying cause of the teenager's chronic ankle stiffness."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Medieval Latin coalitio ('a growing together, union'), derived from Latin coalescere, which combines com- ('together') and alescere ('to grow up, be nourished').