unity

[ yoo-ni-tee ]

/ ˈyu nɪ ti /

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noun, plural u·ni·ties.

the state of being one; oneness.

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

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

absence of diversity; unvaried or uniform character.

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

Mathematics.

the number one; a quantity regarded as one.
identity (def. 9).

(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.

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 ).

OTHER WORDS FOR unity

1 singleness, singularity, individuality.

5 concert, unison.

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1 diversity, variety.

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Origin of unity

1250–1300; Middle English unite<Old French <Latin ūnitās, equivalent to ūn(us) one + -itās-ity

synonym study for unity

1. See union.

OTHER WORDS FROM unity

non·u·ni·ty, noun, plural non·u·ni·ties.self-u·ni·ty, nounsu·per·u·ni·ty, noun

Words nearby unity

unit rule, unit stress, unit train, unit trust, unit vector, unity, unity of interest, unity ticket, univ., univalence, univalent

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How to use unity in a sentence

This year, I’ve really missed my family in Jamaica but since we are all going through the same thing there’s sense of unity that I’m grateful for.
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It is the essentialness of oneself, the psyche, the fragment of unity.
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Developed by Princeton philosopher Walter Stace in 1960, that list of effects includes feeling unity with the universe, in touch with something holy, and as though the episode is hyperauthentic—more real than reality.
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Pelosi also relayed she had spent part of the day Tuesday praying for national unity.
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Achieving this requires holistic insight which, in turn, calls for greater unity.
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It was a rare moment of bipartisan unity in partisan Washington.
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The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality.
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The pulse of the music gives the film a thrilling kind of unity.
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Last year they joined with the widows of the men from Popular Unity in calling for an investigation into the triple homicide.
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But the unity deal failed to materialize after the Palestinian Authority declined to pay the salaries of Hamas civil servants.
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The want of unity amongst the natives themselves was a great help to the Americansʼ plans.
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This congress was the first significant step in the direction of unity for the British colonies in America.
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I was vexed that the woman of the party wore a dress evidently of French fashion: it spoiled the unity of the groupe.
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He taught the unity of God, and forcibly declaimed against all those who gave him associates.
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It also greatly disturbed the internal unity of the Church, and that in a manner peculiarly prejudicial to its well-being.
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British Dictionary definitions for unity

unity

/ (ˈjuːnɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being one; oneness

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

something whole or complete that is composed of separate parts

mutual agreement; harmony or concordthe participants were no longer in unity

uniformity or constancyunity of purpose

maths

the number or numeral one
a quantity assuming the value of onethe area of the triangle was regarded as unity
the element of a set producing no change in a number following multiplication

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

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)

Word Origin for unity

C13: from Old French unité, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus one

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