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consilience

Pronunciation: [kənˈsɪl.jəns]

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Learn how to use consilience in a sentence: 3 audio examples across 1 meaning.

Context: “similarity”

(noun) the idea that different ideas or information from different areas can support each other and help us understand a subject better. It’s like when stories from science and history help each other make more sense.

Example

The consilience between the two studies showed that both math and science could explain the same natural phenomenon.

Example

There was no consilience between the findings of the two research projects; they contradicted one another.

Example

Can you find any consilience between the theories in biology and those in chemistry?

How to pronounce consilience

Pronunciation: [kənˈsɪl.jəns]

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