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Consociational

Consociational \Con*so`ci*a"tion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a consociation. [U.S.]

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consociational

a. (context politics of a state English) 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.