adherence
pronunciation
How to pronounce adherence in British English:
UK [ədˈhɪərəns]
How to pronounce adherence in American English:
US [ədˈhɪrəns]
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- Noun:
- faithful support for a religion or cause or political party
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Word Origin
- adherence (n.)
- mid-15c., "attachment to a person, support," from Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhaerentia, noun of action from adhaerentem (nominative adhaerens), present participle of adhaerare (see adherent (adj.)).
Example
- 1. There are absolutely conditions , such as adherence to a moral code .
- 2. Adherence to a very strict diet or rules about food / eating .
- 3. The equivalent 40 years ago would have been blind adherence to the ideology of habitat .
- 4. This obstinate adherence to an outdated assessment of economic dependence is not the only gaping intellectual flaw .
- 5. Adherence to the list allows the nurse to correct the surgeon , the co-pilot to review the captain .