conglomeration
[kuhn-glom-uh-rey-shuhn, kuhng-]
noun
the act of conglomerating; the state of being conglomerated.
a cohering mass; cluster.
a heterogeneous combination: a conglomeration of ideas.
Origin of conglomeration
1620–30; < Late Latin conglomerātiōn- (stem of conglomerātiō), equivalent to conglomerāt(us) conglomerate + -iōn- -ion
Synonyms for conglomeration
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Related Words for conglomeration
mishmash, aggregation, agglomeration, hoard, combination, composite, collection, mass, medley, miscellany, aggregate, assortment, cumulation, combo, trove, hodge-podge, amassmentExamples from the Web for conglomeration
Contemporary Examples of conglomeration
The disorder has become something greater than itself, than its literal meaning, a conglomeration of symptoms rooted in trauma.
Historical Examples of conglomeration
So in his piano music we find a conglomeration of other men's ideas, other men's figures.
Old FogyJames Huneker
But he had his own, if the place was a conglomeration of everything.
A Little Girl in Old St. LouisAmanda Minnie Douglas
What is any public question but a conglomeration of private interests?
The WardenAnthony Trollope
Dr. Guthrie was examining the conglomeration of books that loaded the shelves.
The Sins of the ChildrenCosmo Hamilton
And these examples prove that bodies are nothing but a conglomeration of molecules.
In Search of a SonWilliam Shepard Walsh
conglomeration
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