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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
J. William Fulbright

Meaning of "unanimity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNANIMITY

unanimity  [ˌjuːnəˈnɪmətɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNANIMITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unanimity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNANIMITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Unanimity

Unanimity is agreement by all people in a given situation. When unanimous, everybody is of the same mind and acting together as one. Though unlike uniformity, it does not constitute absolute agreement. Many groups consider unanimous decisions a sign of agreement, solidarity, and unity. Unanimity may be assumed explicitly after a unanimous vote or implicitly by a lack of objections.

Definition of unanimity in the English dictionary

The definition of unanimity in the dictionary is when there is unanimity among a group of people, they all agree about something or all vote for the same thing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNANIMITY


applicability
əˌplɪkəˈbɪlətɪ
concerti
kənˈtʃeətɪ
enomoty
ɛˈnɒmətɪ
heterogamety
ˌhɛtərəʊˈɡæmətɪ
homogeneity
ˌhɒməʊdʒəˈniːətɪ
liberty
ˈlɪbətɪ
obesity
əʊˈbiːsətɪ
pommetty
ˈpɒmətɪ
poverty
ˈpɒvətɪ
property
ˈprɒpətɪ
severity
sɪˈvɛrətɪ
similarity
ˌsɪmɪˈlærətɪ
society
səˈsaɪətɪ
suitability
ˌsuːtəˈbɪlətɪ
sustainability
səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlətɪ
validity
vəˈlɪdətɪ
variability
ˌvɛərɪəˈbɪlətɪ
versatility
ˌvɜːsəˈtɪlətɪ
viability
ˌvaɪəˈbɪlətɪ
vulnerability
ˌvʌlnərəˈbɪlətɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNANIMITY

unanalysable
unanalysed
unanalytic
unanalytical
unanalyzable
unanalyzed
unanchor
unaneled
unanimated
unanimous
unanimously
unanimousness
unannealed
unannexed
unannotated
unannounced
unannoyed
unanswerability
unanswerable
unanswerableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNANIMITY

amity
anonymity
calamity
conformity
deformity
dimity
enmity
enormity
equanimity
extremity
intimity
longanimity
magnanimity
mity
parvanimity
proximity
pusillanimity
sublimity
unconformity
uniformity

Synonyms and antonyms of unanimity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNANIMITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unanimity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unanimity

Translation of «unanimity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNANIMITY

Find out the translation of unanimity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unanimity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unanimity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一致同意
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unanimidad
570 millions of speakers

English

unanimity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मतैक्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإجماع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

единодушие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unanimidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বসম্মতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unanimité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesepakatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einstimmigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

満場一致
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

만장일치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unanimity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trạng thái toàn thể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருமனதாக முடிவு எடுக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकमत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oybirliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unanimità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jednomyślność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

одностайність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unanimitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομοφωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eenstemmigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enhälligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

enstemmighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unanimity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNANIMITY»

The term «unanimity» is regularly used and occupies the 72.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNANIMITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unanimity

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9 QUOTES WITH «UNANIMITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unanimity.
1
Dan Abrams
But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people.
2
J. William Fulbright
I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
3
J. D. Hayworth
You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.
4
Robert Jackson
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
5
Yehudi Menuhin
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
6
Christopher Morley
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
7
Robert Dale Owen
It is idle to await unanimity.
8
Jon Postel
There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.
9
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNANIMITY»

Discover the use of unanimity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unanimity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Public Choice III
As such, they also share the other general properties of the unanimity rule. 4.2 Criticisms of the unanimity rule The unanimity rule is the only voting rule certain to lead to Pareto-preferred public good quantities and tax shares, a feature that led ...
Dennis C. Mueller, 2003
2
Essential Trusts Law
The effect of the unanimity rule is illustrated by Re Mayo (1943), where property was held by three trustees on trust for sale with a power to postpone sale. Two of them wished to postpone sale but the third favoured an immediate sale.
Iwobi, 2001
3
Democracy and Welfare Economics:
In section 4.1 we compare the binding majority decision with the unanimity rule. Section 4.2 addresses the matter of whether majority decisions can be consistent. Section 4.3 analyses some of the effects of majority decisions on social welfare.
Hans van den Doel, Ben van Velthoven, 1993
4
Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work
However, the addition of D as one more veto player has another interesting result : it expands the unanimity core. The reader can verify that the unanimity core now is the whole area ABCD. Again, it is not necessary that an additional veto ...
George Tsebelis, 2011
5
Polynomial Completeness in Algebraic Systems
1.2.3 Near unanimity operations and congruence distributivity In Section 1.2.1 we observed that the existence of a Pixley term for a variety is equivalent to the existence of both a majority and a Mal'cev term, and that in the presence of a ...
Kalle Kaarli, Alden F. Pixley, 2000
6
Procedure at International Conferences: A Study of the Rules ...
15.1.1 Unanimity and consensus To a certain extent the emergence of decision making by consensus is a muted return to the idea of unanimity. Sohn writes that ' the pendulum has swung around the circle, from unanimity to consensus',26 and  ...
Robbie Sabel, 1997
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Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers, 1711
1711. This volume discusses the agreement of the Quakers in owning and asserting the principal doctrines of the Christian religion, demonstrated in the sermons or declarations of several of their public preachers, namely: Robert Barclay, ...
Robert Barclay, 2003
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Rational Decision
To what extent, then, do the types of unanimity developed in the previous section conform to the behavioral assumptions and meet the conditions of rationality here specified? Ancestral Unanimity: Prerationality. Ancestral unanimity does not ...
American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, Carl Joachim Friedrich, 1964
9
Consensus-Oriented Decision-Making: The CODM Model for ...
Groups that use required unanimity should be aware of these potential ideological and practical issues. When unanimity is achievable, they are not likely to manifest. The potential for dysfunction increases, however, when decisions are ...
Tim Hartnett, 2013
10
The Right to Seek Refugee Status in the European Union
intergovernmental basis and the consequences of the chosen framework for the policy and decision-making inJHA35. Unanimity, the nature of legal instruments, the role of the Commission and the lack of parliamentary and judicial control all ...
Sylvie Da Lomba, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNANIMITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unanimity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Surprised at Unanimity of Fed's Decision: Hoover's Kane
Hoover Institution's Tim Kane and Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz and Peter Cook react to the Fed's decision to keep the central bank on track to raise interest ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
2
Legislators to face competing budget plans as hope of unanimity
The tradition of unanimous budget reports from the Appropriations Committee shattered this year after GOP members of the Legislature split on whether to insist ... «Bangor Daily News, Jun 15»
3
Unprecedented political unanimity in Bangladesh over PM Narendra …
On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, Bangladesh witnessed an unprecedented unanimity among rival political parties, with the ruling Awami ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
4
Perry's change of heart brings GOP field into unanimity against the …
We already had Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Scott Walker, Rand Paul, Bobby Jindal, and John Kasich on the record against the ... «Washington Examiner, May 15»
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GOP hopefuls near-unanimity on issue of their own guns
The near-unanimity on the issue, even from a group with such vastly different personal experiences, underscores the status of guns in modern-day conservatism. «Houston Chronicle, Mar 15»
6
No EU unanimity on renewing Russia economic sanctions: official
"What will be the final point we will see in the Council (summit) but I don't think there is unanimity at all for the rollover of sanctions, the sanctions that are due in ... «Business Insider, Mar 15»
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Unanimity at last: Obama is delusional on foreign policy
If there is one thing the right and left, Democrats and Republicans, politicians and experts could all agree on, it was that President Obama's take on the world is ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
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Europe's front pages today show rare unanimity as they proclaim …
Main picture (above): the homepage of the Charlie Hebdo website. Europe's front pages today show a rare unanimity as they proclaim We are all Charlie, said ... «euronews, Jan 15»
9
ECB's Draghi: 'We don't need unanimity for QE'
The European Central Bank (ECB) has "stepped up" its preparations for further asset purchases, central bank President Mario Draghi said at his his regular ... «CNBC, Dec 14»
10
Academic highlight: Sunstein and Supreme Court unanimity (or lack …
Last Term, the Supreme Court issued a higher percentage of unanimous ... Sunstein also questions whether unanimity improves the legitimacy and public ... «SCOTUSblog, Oct 14»

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