coexistence
/kəʊɪɡˈzɪstəns
/noun [mass noun]
1The state or condition of living in harmony despite different ideologies or interests: what is needed today is peaceful coexistence a managed coexistence between travellers and the settled community...
- The paradox he presents is the coexistence of violence with love.
- In addition to this mixing of ethnicities, there is a remarkable coexistence of ways of life.
- What emerged was a picture of a 1,000-year-long tradition of multicultural and inter-religious coexistence.
1.1The state or fact of living or existing at the same time or in the same place: a remarkable coexistence of two profoundly different artistic traditions it validates the coexistence of multiple viewpoints and interpretations
