Talk:common cause

RFV discussion: December 2019–January 2020

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common cause

"(rhetoric) anacoenosis". If you employ the rhetorical device of anacoenosis then you are drawing attention to a common cause, but that isn't enough for a synonym. (The rest of this entry is really pretty bare: I wonder whether we need it at all.) Equinox ◑ 09:11, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Anacoenosis appeals to an opinion (supposedly) held in common rather than a cause held in common;[1][2] the only thing the headword and the definition hold in common is that is about something held in common. For the rest, don’t you think this is an open-and-shut SOP case?  --Lambiam 15:26, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

The better lemmings have make common cause. No other OneLook dictionary has common cause. I've added anacoenosis under "See also" at make common cause. DCDuring (talk) 17:42, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Then, apparently, none of the better lemmings are included in what OneLook serves up. In any cases, we need uses for verification, not dictionary mentions.  --Lambiam 23:18, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm assuming that the challenged defintion will die uncited if we insist that the cites actually support it. Further, I'm supporting the idea of an RfD, as Equinox adumbrated. DCDuring (talk) 02:49, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 19:29, 9 January 2020 (UTC)