concertacesiones
English translation: consensus by compromise
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5 mins confidence: 
concertacesiones Explanation: Hi Roxane. This is a combination of the words "concertación" and "cesiones" ("consensus" and "compromise"). It means that political culture involves compromise disguised as consensus. Being a native Spanish speaker, I leave the English version to you or any other native English speaker... Hope this helps a little :-) Andrea own experience |
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17 mins confidence:
concert Explanation: con·cert (n.) 1. Music. 2.a. Agreement in purpose, feeling, or action. b. Unity achieved by mutual communication of views, ideas, and opinions: acted in concert on the issue. c. Concerted action: “One feels between them an accumulation of gentleness and strength, a concert of energies” (Vanity Fair). con·cert (v.) con·cert·ed, con·cert·ing, con·certs. --tr. 1. To plan or arrange by mutual agreement. 2. To adjust; settle. --intr. To act together in harmony. [French, from Italian concerto, from Old Italian, agreement, harmony, possibly from Late Latin concertus, past participle of concernere, to mingle together. See CONCERN.] Webster Dic. |
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23 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1compromise Explanation: I partially agree with Andrea in that "concertacesiones" is a made-up word that combines "concertar" (to como to an agreement, not necessarily by consensus) and "cesión/ceder" (to give way). In Latin American politics this means to compromise, only it involves tough negotiation. I have an IR and PoliSci degree. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-01-04 23:35:08 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- p.s. Please note that the negotiation is not only tough, but usually not carried out \"out in the open.\" |
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