MEANING
The convergence of independent evidence or methods on a common explanation or conclusion.
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- consilience of evidence
- seek consilience
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The argument gained strength from the consilience of historical and geological evidence.
They sought consilience between the interviews and the archival record.
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Primary category: academic. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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