Unanimity
noun
The condition of everyone agreeing on something.
The board reached a state of unanimity on the new policy
Often appears as...
- reach unanimity
- break unanimity
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Formal
Academic
noun
The condition of everyone agreeing on something.
The board reached a state of unanimity on the new policy
Often appears as...
- reach unanimity
- break unanimity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Group Decision
Unanimity is used when all members of a group fully agree with a decision.
The committee voted with unanimity to approve the project.
Pro Tip 2/3Total Agreement
It implies no opposition or differences among the involved parties.
Achieving unanimity on such a controversial topic was unexpected.
Pro Tip 3/3Rare Occurrence
Complete agreement is rare, so 'unanimity' often signals a significant moment.
Their unanimity on the issue signified a rare moment of solidarity.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Decision
Unanimity is used when all members of a group fully agree with a decision.
The committee voted with unanimity to approve the project.
Pro Tip 2/3Total Agreement
It implies no opposition or differences among the involved parties.
Achieving unanimity on such a controversial topic was unexpected.
Pro Tip 3/3Rare Occurrence
Complete agreement is rare, so 'unanimity' often signals a significant moment.
Their unanimity on the issue signified a rare moment of solidarity.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Decision
Unanimity is used when all members of a group fully agree with a decision.
The committee voted with unanimity to approve the project.
Pro Tip 2/3Total Agreement
It implies no opposition or differences among the involved parties.
Achieving unanimity on such a controversial topic was unexpected.
Pro Tip 3/3Rare Occurrence
Complete agreement is rare, so 'unanimity' often signals a significant moment.
Their unanimity on the issue signified a rare moment of solidarity.
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the less reliable the result becomes. This is called the paradox of unanimity. The key to understanding this apparent paradox is in considering the overall level of uncertainty involved in the type of situation you're dealing with.
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The Real Reason You Feel...
There is near unanimity that being a long-term thinker -- having perspective, having the ability to think and ask big questions -- is essential to our success. And yet in a separate study,
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Should you trust...
the less reliable the result becomes. This is called the paradox of unanimity. The key to understanding this apparent paradox is in considering the overall level of uncertainty involved in the type of situation you're dealing with.
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The Real Reason You Feel...
There is near unanimity that being a long-term thinker -- having perspective, having the ability to think and ask big questions -- is essential to our success. And yet in a separate study,
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
The novel is a thing of irony and ambiguity. That's at the heart of 'J', a world that has stopped arguing with itself. We have to keep our equilibrium of hate, which is argument. But on the Internet, you find a unanimity of response, and in 'J,' there's a fear of that, that discourse becomes a statement of political or ideological belief.
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Neal Katyal
American Lawyer
There is no doubt that dissents can serve a useful role by explaining when a justice thinks the majority has gone off the deep end. But unanimity also sends its own powerful message - one that might be eclipsed in the headlines by a sensational dissent but could ultimately have a greater impact.
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Yehudi Menuhin
American Musician
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.
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Robert Jackson
American Statesman
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
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J. D. Hayworth
American Politician
You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
The majority of decisions in Europe are done by unanimity. That's why it is important to be to have good relations with all parts.
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Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
The science is settled; it's not even a consensus, it is a unanimity that human life begins at conception.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
It is idle to await unanimity.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
The novel is a thing of irony and ambiguity. That's at the heart of 'J', a world that has stopped arguing with itself. We have to keep our equilibrium of hate, which is argument. But on the Internet, you find a unanimity of response, and in 'J,' there's a fear of that, that discourse becomes a statement of political or ideological belief.
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Neal Katyal
American Lawyer
There is no doubt that dissents can serve a useful role by explaining when a justice thinks the majority has gone off the deep end. But unanimity also sends its own powerful message - one that might be eclipsed in the headlines by a sensational dissent but could ultimately have a greater impact.
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Yehudi Menuhin
American Musician
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.
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Robert Jackson
American Statesman
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
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J. D. Hayworth
American Politician
You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
The majority of decisions in Europe are done by unanimity. That's why it is important to be to have good relations with all parts.
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Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
The science is settled; it's not even a consensus, it is a unanimity that human life begins at conception.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
It is idle to await unanimity.
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