adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Having major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, with none of the divisions large enough to form a majority group, yet nonetheless stable due to consultation among the elites of each of its major social groups.

Etymology

From consociation + -al.

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