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unitive

American  
[yoo-ni-tiv] / ˈju nɪ tɪv /

adjective

  1. capable of causing unity or serving to unite.

  2. marked by or involving union.


unitive British  
/ ˈjuːnɪtɪv /

adjective

  1. tending to unite or capable of uniting

  2. characterized by unity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of unitive

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


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

From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2016

And the examples of stable gay couples all around us testify to the fact that homosexuality can be unitive and generous rather than purely individualistic.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2012

The unitive eye with which all children are born was never taken away from me by the frauds of civilization; I always did know that one is all and all is one.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2011

McCormick agrees that the "unitive" and "procreative" spheres need not be combined in every act of a married couple.

From Time Magazine Archive

And so much may suffice on the unitive power of faithful developments, which constitutes their third characteristic.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman

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