Unanimity
[juːnə'nɪmɪtɪ] or [ˌjuːnəˈnɪməti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being unanimous.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Agreement, harmony, accord, unison, unity, concert, union.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Accord, concord, unity, agreement, consent, consensus
ANT:Variance, discord, disagreement, dissent, dissentience
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Definition
n. state of being unanimous.—adj. Unan′imous of one mind: agreeing in opinion or will: done with the agreement of all.—adv. Unan′imously.—n. Unan′imousness unanimity.
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Examples
- It is good to disturb alignments: to break up a superficial unanimity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the course of the year, however, there had been a change in the public sentiment, of which the unanimity at Dollop's was an index. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Their prudence, unanimity, unacquaintedness with fear, and their love of their country, would amply supply all defects in the military art. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Yet the imperialist movement in Great Britain never had the authority nor the unanimity it had in Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I do not wish to suggest too much unanimity in the hundreds of artists and thinkers that are making the thought of our times. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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