Definition
consilience
noun
- The agreement or harmony of different branches of knowledge or evidence that independently point to the same conclusion.
Usage: Formal; often used in scientific and academic contexts
Examples
- The consilience of fossil records, DNA evidence, and anatomical studies strongly supports the theory of evolution.
- Scientists seek consilience between physics and chemistry to understand molecular behavior.
- The consilience of historical documents and archaeological findings confirmed the existence of the ancient city.
- In medicine, consilience of symptoms, lab results, and imaging helps doctors make accurate diagnoses.
- The researcher found consilience between the survey data and the experimental results, strengthening her conclusions.