Unity
[ˈjuːnəti] or ['junəti]
Definition
(n.) The state of being one; oneness.
(n.) Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.
(n.) Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.
(n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.
(n.) Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
(n.) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
Typist: Nora
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Oneness, singleness, individuality.[2]. Concord, harmony, agreement, uniformity, unanimity, unison, concert, union.
Typist: Lottie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Oneness, singleness, individuality, concord, conjunction, agreement,uniformity, indivisibility
ANT:Plurality, multitude, complexity, multiplicity, discord, disjunction,separation, severance, variety, heterogeneity, diversity, incongruity,divisibility
Typed by Aileen
Definition
n. oneness: state of being one or at one: agreement: the arrangement of all the parts to one purpose or effect: harmony: (math.) any quantity taken as one.—The unities (of place time and action) the three canons of the classical drama—that the scenes should be at the same place that all the events should be such as might happen within a single day and that nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot.
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Examples
- As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- China recovered her unity; Europe has still to do so. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This unity is like the sun in the heavens, the light by which all things are seen, the being by which they are created and sustained. Plato. The Republic.
- Like drama which compresses the tragedy of a lifetime into a unity of time, place, and action, history foreshortens an epoch into an episode. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I would allow the State to increase so far as is consistent with unity; that, I think, is the proper limit. Plato. The Republic.
- To picture to ourselves something of the wider life that world unity would open to men is a very attractive speculation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even its unity was as yet a mere unity for defence and freedom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It meant unity, sustained on a scale that would otherwise have been impossible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We pass on now to the story of one futile commencement, one glorious shattered beginning of human unity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Think of all this and ask yourself whether the world is more likely to be a believer in the unity of the idea, or in the multiplicity of phenomena. Plato. The Republic.
- The Unity of Subject Matter and Method. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Common subject matter accustoms all to a unity of outlook upon a broader horizon than is visible to the members of any group while it is isolated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Only conquest from the outside could unite the Greeks, and until Greece was conquered they had no political unity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If it divided the world among the kings, it made respectful gestures towards human unity and the service of God and man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But of course the wooden seat is wrong--it destroys the perfect lightness and unity in tension the cane gave. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Miles