coalitions
Groups joining forces
Coalitions are temporary alliances formed by distinct groups or parties to achieve a shared goal.
Political coalitions unite parties that lack enough votes to govern alone: The coalition government collapsed after six months.
The term applies beyond politics—military coalitions, business coalitions, coalitions of advocacy groups.
What distinguishes a coalition from a merger is its provisional nature; members retain separate identities and may part ways once the objective is met or abandoned.
Allied group sharing interests
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederacyAlliance for shared purpose
- ententeInformal international understanding
consortium · pact · compact · axis · union · affiliation · association · syndicate
Unity among allies
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
support · backbone · steadfastness · durability · tenacity · firmness · fragility · instability
Shared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
liaison · networking · power-sharing · consensus-building · bridge-building · stakeholder
Party selection meeting
- factionGroup within group
- bipartisanInvolving both major parties
- majorityOver half of total
- minoritySmaller part of whole
parliament · senate · delegation · constituency · platform · campaign · lobbying · negotiation
bloc
Allied group sharing interests
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederacyAlliance for shared purpose
entente · consortium · pact · compact · axis · union · affiliation · association · syndicate · conglomerate
solidarity
Unity among allies
resilience · support · backbone · steadfastness · durability · tenacity · firmness · fragility · instability · collapse
partnership
Shared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
coordination · liaison · networking · power-sharing · consensus-building · bridge-building · stakeholder
caucus
Party selection meeting
- factionGroup within group
- bipartisanInvolving both major parties
- majorityOver half of total
minority · parliament · senate · delegation · constituency · platform · campaign · lobbying · negotiation · diplomacy
unite
Bring together as one
- mergeCombine into unity
- consolidateUnite separate things
- convergeMeet at a point
amalgamate · band · combine · conjoin · fuse · integrate · join · pool · unify · affiliate
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- Environmental Justiceenvironmental racism, environmental rights, environmental policy, climate justice, social equity
- global governanceUN, United Nations, EU, World Bank, IMF
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
coalitionsfragmentation
Breaking into smaller pieces
factions · schisms · divisions · disintegration · disunity
coalitionsautocracy
Rule by one
dictatorship · one-party rule · monarchy · absolute rule · tyranny
coalitionsrivalries
Ongoing contests between opponents
oppositions · adversaries · enmities · conflicts · hostilities
- broad coalition
- grand coalitionCross-party governing agreement
- coalition governmentMultiparty cooperative administration
- coalition forcesMultinational military alliance
- coalition partnersGroups governing together
- political coalitionAllied parties governing jointly