cohesiveness.

The extent to which parts hold together or work as a connected whole.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• group cohesiveness
• structural cohesiveness

On the page

The revision improved the essay's cohesiveness without removing its tensions.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.