consilience
Pronunciation: [kənˈsɪl.jəns]
Word
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?
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