consociational

Adjective

(comparative more consociational, superlative most consociational)

(politics, of a state) Having major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, with none of the divisions large enough to form a majority group, yet nonetheless stable due to consultation among the elites of each of its major social groups.

Origin

consociation +‎ -al

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