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adhesión

adhesion

noun ah-deh-SYOHN Rare
People & Society Politics

Origin: From Latin adhaesio (a sticking to).

Also means

accession

Usage Note

Adhesión has both a physical sense (the sticking of surfaces) and a formal political/organizational one: adhesión a un tratado (accession to a treaty), adhesión a un partido (joining a party). In everyday speech, apoyo (support) is more natural; adhesión sounds formal or bureaucratic.

Examples

"El país firmó su adhesión al tratado internacional."

Natural Translation

The country signed its accession to the international treaty.

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