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unanimity
Unanimity (noun) means a situation in which everyone involved agrees completely.
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A situation in which everyone involved agrees completely.
"Those responsible for preannouncing the Internet's hot new ideas are pushing Push with a ferocious unanimity."
— James Gleick, Pushy, Pushy (1997)
"That was followed by a Florida Supreme Court ruling that found the jury must be unanimous to impose the death penalty, and Florida lawmakers adopted the unanimity requirement soon after."
— Sydney Kashiwagi, DeSantis signs bill eliminating unanimous jury decisions for death sentences (2023)
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Etymology
Built from unanim(ous) and -ity, itself from Middle French unanimité, which came from Late Latin ūnanimitās. It displaced the native Old English ānmōdnes (literally "one-mindedness").
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What is the meaning of unanimity?
"unanimity" (noun) means a situation in which everyone involved agrees completely.
What is the opposite of unanimity?
Opposites of "unanimity" include dissent, discord, disagreement, variance.
