coöptation

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See also: cooptation and co-optation

English

Noun

coöptation (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of cooptation
    • 1908, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, The Government of England, page 481:
      It may be observed that the draft rules make no provision for coöptation, an arrangement that appears nevertheless in the rules of many local associations.