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coalition
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coalition noun affiliation, alliance, amalgamation, association, binding, bond, cartel, combination, combine, coming together, community, concurrence, confluence, conglomerate, congress, conjoining, conjunctio, conjuncture, connection, consociation, consolidation, consortium, conspiratio, convergence, cooperation, fellowship, fusing, fusion, fusion of interests, group, integration, interlocking, joint concern, joint endeavor, junction, league, meeting, merger, merging, mixture, muuual concern, partnership, society, sodality, syndicate, union, union of factions, unity
See also: affiliation, alliance, assemblage, association, band, cabal, cartel, centralization, coaction, coalescence, combination, compact, company, concert, confederacy, connection, consortium, conspiracy, contact, contribution, corporation, federation, incorporation, institute, integration, league, merger, organization, pact, partnership, party, pool, relation, relationship, side, society, syndicate, union, unity

COALITION, French law. By this word is understood an unlawful agreement among several persons, not to do a thing except on some conditions agreed upon.
     2. The most usual coalitions are, 1st. those which take place among master workmen, to reduce, diminish or fix at a low rate the wages of journeymen and other workmen; 2d. those among workmen or journeymen, not to work except at a certain price. These offences are punished by fine and imprisonment. Dict. de Police, h.t. In our law this offence is known by the name of conspiracy. (q.v.)
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In Hawaii, he threw himself into coalitionist labor politics while appreciating the fact that his interracial marriage better suited the polyglot ethnic culture of the islands.
Frank Marshall Davis. Black Moods: Collected Poems by Mullen, Bill V. / African American Review
The crucial point, which Erdogan's AKP coalitionists no doubt realise, is that, even though they attracted 47 per cent of the vote, the majority--53 per cent--of Turks voted otherwise, including for some ardent anti-Islamic political entities.
Europe's Turkish Conundrum by Poprzeczny, Joseph / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
Some of the most impressive passages from the booklet demonstrate the GTSG's coalitionist approach to gay and lesbian liberation: 'Our only hope of getting a fair deal is when we join with all the other groups who are fighting for their rights' (23).
Young, gay & proud in retrospect: sexual politics, community activism ... by Marshall, Daniel / Traffic (Parkville)
 
 
 
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