unitive
Americanadjective
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tending to unite or capable of uniting
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characterized by unity
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unitive
1520–30; < Late Latin ūnītīvus uniting, equivalent to Latin ūnīt ( us ) ( see unite 1) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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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
This is indeed to have him within ourselves; to know him intimately: such participation is methinks unitive, as the old theologians phrase it.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
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