coalition
United group effort
A coalition is a temporary alliance of distinct groups or parties pursuing a common goal.
Political coalitions form when no single party holds a majority: The coalition government collapsed after six months.
The term applies beyond politics to any strategic partnership where separate entities join forces while retaining their identities: a coalition of environmental groups.
Formal agreement between parties
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- ententeInformal international understanding
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
bloc · axis · affiliation · alignment · syndicate · cartel · partnership · compact
National legislative assembly
- caucusParty selection meeting
- factionGroup within group
- majorityOver half of total
- minoritySmaller part of whole
opposition · government · ruling · bipartisan · multiparty · hung parliament · confidence · supply
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- talksSpeaks with others
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- concessionYielding a point
- power-sharingJointly held governmental authority
agreement · deal · pact · breakdown · collapse · fragile · stable · uneasy
Change in position
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- activistVigorous cause champion
stakeholder · umbrella group · network · nonprofit · NGO · civil society · community organizing · solidarity
Militaries united by agreement
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
joint operations · NATO · peacekeeping · occupation · liberation · theater · command · troops
pact
Formal agreement between parties
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- ententeInformal international understanding
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
consortium · bloc · axis · affiliation · alignment · syndicate · cartel · partnership · compact · accord
parliament
National legislative assembly
minority · opposition · government · ruling · bipartisan · multiparty · hung parliament · confidence · supply · kingmaker
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- talksSpeaks with others
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- concessionYielding a point
power-sharing · agreement · deal · pact · breakdown · collapse · fragile · stable · uneasy · shaky
movement
Change in position
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
activist · stakeholder · umbrella group · network · nonprofit · NGO · civil society · community organizing · solidarity · common cause
allied forces
Militaries united by agreement
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
multinational · joint operations · NATO · peacekeeping · occupation · liberation · theater · command · troops · airstrikes
- German PoliticsBundesrat, CSU, Nazi Party, Greens, federal republic
- alliancesalliance, allies, ally, NATO alliance, Triple Entente
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- collective actionunite, join forces, team up, mobilization, movement
- Gulf WarDesert Storm, Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Gulf War, Saddam Hussein
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
coalitiondissolution
Breaking up completely
disintegration · fragmentation · breakup · schism · separation
coalitionisolation
Complete separation from others
unilateralism · independence · autonomy · individualism · going it alone
coalitionopposition
Active resistance or dissent
rivalry · discord · conflict · antagonism · hostility
- broad coalition
- grand coalitionCross-party governing agreement
- coalition governmentMultiparty cooperative administration
- coalition forcesMultinational military alliance
- coalition partnersGroups governing together
- political coalitionAllied parties governing jointly