unity

American  

[yoo-ni-tee] / ˈju nɪ ti /

noun

• unities
  plural

1. the state of being one; oneness.

   Synonyms:

   individuality, singularity, singleness

   Antonyms:

   variety, diversity

2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one.

3. the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification.

4. absence of diversity; unvaried or uniform character.

5. oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons; concord, harmony, or agreement.

   Synonyms:

   unison, concert

6. Mathematics.

   1. the number one; a quantity regarded as one.

   2. identity.

7. (in literature and art) a relation of all the parts or elements of a work constituting a harmonious whole and producing a single general effect.

8. one of the three principles of dramatic structure the three unities derived from Aristotelian aesthetics and formalized in the neoclassic canon in which a play is required to represent action as taking place in one day unity of time, as occurring within one place unity of place, and as having a single plot with a beginning, middle, and end unity of action.

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unity British  

/ ˈjuːnɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being one; oneness

2. the act, state, or quality of forming a whole from separate parts

3. something whole or complete that is composed of separate parts

4. mutual agreement; harmony or concord

   the participants were no longer in unity

5. uniformity or constancy

   unity of purpose

6. maths

   1. the number or numeral one

   2. a quantity assuming the value of one

      the area of the triangle was regarded as unity

   3. the element of a set producing no change in a number following multiplication

7. the arrangement of the elements in a work of art in accordance with a single overall design or purpose

8. any one of the three principles of dramatic structure deriving from Aristotle's Poetics by which the action of a play should be limited to a single plot (unity of action), a single location (unity of place), and the events of a single day (unity of time)

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Synonym Usage

See union.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonunity
  noun
• self-unity
  noun
• superunity
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• unities
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of unity

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English unite, from Old French, from Latin ūnitās, from ūn(us) one + -itās -ity

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Explanation

Unity is being together or at one with someone or something. It's the opposite of being divided. This is a word for togetherness or oneness. When the north won the Civil War, it assured the unity of the United States. Sports teams wear uniforms to show unity, and their fans wear team colors for the same reason. When a bunch of people act as one and are on the same page, they're displaying unity. When people are bickering and disorganized, there's no unity. In any group or cause, unity can be hard to find and maintain.

Example Sentences

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unity unities

“Xinjiang today enjoys social stability, prosperity, ethnic unity, religious harmony, and its people live and work in peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gov. Gavin Newsom marked 20 years of California’s landmark climate law, celebrating a rare show of bipartisan unity amid deepening political polarization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Smith, who openly supported and campaigned for the unity vote, thanked voters for the result.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

As he entered parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was "thrilled that Albertans have chosen unity."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Europe’s fragmentation did, and China’s unity didn’t, foster the advance of technology, science, and capitalism by fostering competition between states and providing innovators with alternative sources of support and havens from persecution.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

There are unities here, to be sure; but there are also essential differences, in scale, in wealth, in material comforts and in the subtleties of emphasis on what makes a house a home.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2021

Not the least of those unities were political and historical ones.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020

They said, "Don’t worry about the facts, don’t worry about logic, think instead in terms of mystical unities and direct connections between the mystical leader and the people."

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2018

In his case, no one thought to separate form from content, and Yiadom-Boakye’s work is, among other things, an attempt to insist on the same aesthetic unities that white artists take for granted.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2017

"Marino Faliero," "The Two Foscari," and "Sardanapalus," all written 1820-21, attempt regularity of plot and observance of the unities, and profess Alfieri as a model.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

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