Meaning & use
coalition
A temporary alliance formed by groups or parties to achieve a common goal.
See it in a sentence
After no party won a majority, two smaller parties formed a coalition government.
A coalition of environmental groups organized the protest against the new pipeline.
A note on using this word
Coalition usually implies formal, sometimes uneasy cooperation between parties that might otherwise disagree, common in politics.
Words with a similar meaning
alliancepartnership
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