collegial
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Relating to or typical of a college or its students: Pertaining to the environment, activities, or characteristics associated with a college.
- Characterized by the equal sharing of authority among colleagues: Describing a cooperative, shared, and mutually respectful relationship among people of the same rank or profession, where power and responsibility are vested equally.
Examples of Usage
Adjective (Typical of a college):
- The campus had a distinctly collegial atmosphere, with students debating in the quad.
- He preferred a more collegial style of dress, like sweaters and khakis.
Adjective (Shared authority among colleagues):
- The research team operated in a collegial manner, making all major decisions together.
- The department's collegial culture encouraged open discussion and mutual support among professors.
Advanced Usage
"Collegial relationship": A professional relationship based on shared responsibility and respect.
- Their collegial relationship was key to the project's success, as they trusted each other's expertise.
"Collegial body": A group, such as a committee or board, that operates on the principle of collective authority.
- The Supreme Court is a collegial body where justices deliberate as equals.
Variants and Related Words
- Collegiate (adj): This is a close synonym, especially for the first meaning relating to college. It can often be used interchangeably with in that context (e.g., ).
- Colleague (n): A person with whom one works in a profession or organization. This is the root word for the second meaning of .
- Collegiality (n): The cooperative relationship among colleagues.
- Professional collegiality is essential in academic departments.
Synonyms
- Collaborative: Involving two or more people working together.
- Cooperative: Involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal.
- Consensual: Relating to or made by consensus (general agreement).
Antonyms
- Autocratic: Relating to a ruler who has absolute power.
- Hierarchical: Organized in a ranked order or structure.
- Authoritarian: Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
Adjective
- of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
- collegiate living
- collegiate attitudes
- collegiate clothes
- characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
- collegial harmony
- a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management- Merle Fainsod