concordant

[ kon-kawr-dnt, kuhn- ]

adjective

1. agreeing; harmonious.

concordant

/ kənˈkɔːdənt /

adjective

1. being in agreement: harmonious

Derived Forms

• conˈcordantly, adverb

Other Words From

• con·cordant·ly adverb
• noncon·cordant adverb
• noncon·cordant·ly adverb
• uncon·cordant adjective
• uncon·cordant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of concordant¹

1475–85; < Anglo-French, Middle French concordant. See concord, -ant

Example Sentences

"We don't know why both partners drinking is associated with better survival. I think using the other techniques that we use in our studies in terms of the daily experiences and ecological momentary assessment questionnaires could really get at that to understand, for example, focusing on concordant drinking couples," she said.

From Science Daily

“If a 16-year-old individual is ready to take gender affirming hormone therapy, such as estrogen or testosterone, they will be concordant with their peers, who are nearly all experiencing pubertal hormones.”

From Seattle Times

Further, racially concordant interactions generally lead to enhanced satisfaction and better clinical outcomes.

From Salon

Providers who are not racially/ethnically concordant with their patients—that is, both come from different racial or ethnic background—may incorrectly conflate race, ethnicity and ancestry.

From Scientific American

Since he is translating the Latin word evidentia, he ought to mean ‘obviousness’ or ‘evidentness’ by ‘evidence’ here, and his gloss implies that he does: by the ‘Assent of the Evidence of Sense, is meant an Assurance that our Apprehension or Judgment of any Object occuring to our sense, is exactly concordant to the reality thereof; or, that the Object is truly such, as we, upon the perception of it by our sense, did judge or opinion it to be’.

From Literature

Related Words

• concerted
• consolidated
• cooperative
• homogeneous
• integrated
• linked
• unanimous
• undivided
• unified