consilience

noun

con·​sil·​ience kən-ˈsil-yən(t)s 

: the linking together of principles from different disciplines especially when forming a comprehensive theory

Examples of consilience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is not an argument for biologist E.O. Wilson’s concept of consilience, which posited that the humanities and social sciences can be explained by the same underlying laws that ruled the physical world. —Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024

If consilience entails convergence toward a consensus, science is moving away from consilience. —John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021

Next question: Is consilience desirable? —John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021

Part of the problem here is that for various reasons that the sample space of researchers engaging in this sort of consilience is small, and restricted to particular scientific subcultures (e.g., evolutionary psychologists, the group of anthropologists around Robert Boyd, etc.). —Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2013

But, ultimately, the consilience of doing and being is essential. —Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021

Word History

Etymology

com- + resilience

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above