unitive

[yoo-ni-tiv]

adjective

1. capable of causing unity or serving to unite.

2. marked by or involving union.

unitive

/ ˈjuːnɪtɪv /

adjective

1. tending to unite or capable of uniting

2. characterized by unity

Other Word Forms

• unitively adverb
• unitiveness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unitive¹

1520–30; < Late Latin ūnītīvus uniting, equivalent to Latin ūnīt ( us ) ( unite ¹ ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

As Silas understands, the high-five is a euphoric, unitive act, “a gesture we feel in our souls,” as he puts it.

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There are very many similar accounts in the modern literature, with similar features described again and again, and a few basic “categories” into which many of the experiences fall, such as contentless pure consciousness, theistic union or encounter, and content-rich unitive experiences of multiplicity, including cosmic consciousness.

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More profound is what Richards calls “unitive consciousness” – a mystical state of unity described by visionaries of all religions in which subject and object merge, somewhere beyond space and time.

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Richards writes that roughly 75% of volunteers for his studies have reported experiencing unitive consciousness.

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Well, in the book, I make the distinction between archetypal or visionary experiences, and then what we call the unitive/mystical consciousness.

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