unanimous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin ūnanimusder. English unanimous From Latin ūnanimus (“of one mind”), from ūnus (“one”) + animus (“mind”). Displaced native Old English ānmōd (literally “one-minded”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.
That of their small force, some of the soldiers were superannuated, others invalid; therefore, since the course to be pursued was left discretional, their unanimous advice was, to remain where they were, and fortify themselves as strongly as possible.
1873, Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie, Wau-bun:Under court tradition, a new justice is usually assigned a relatively uncontroversial opinion that is often, although not always, unanimous.
2021 March 8, Ariane de Vogue, “Stephen Breyer adds ‘respect’ to his dissent of Amy Coney Barrett’s first opinion”, in CNN: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.
2023 April 20, Sydney Kashiwagi, “DeSantis signs bill eliminating unanimous jury decisions for death sentences”, in CNN:The debate went on for hours, but in the end the decision was unanimous.
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(not-comparable) Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in harmony or accord.
We were unanimous: the President had to go.
Deriveds
nonunanimous · unanimosity · ununanimous · unanimousness · unanimously · universanimous
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Translations (95)
gv co-aignagh (sharing the same view) · es unánime (sharing the same view) · bg единоду́шен (sharing the same view) · uk одноголо́сний (based on unanimity) · de einmütig (based on unanimity) · ang ānmōd (sharing the same view) · nl eensgezind (sharing the same view) · te ఏకగ్రీవము (based on unanimity) · hy միաձայն (based on unanimity) · de einer Meinung (sharing the same view) · hu egyhangú (based on unanimity) · cmn 一致 (sharing the same view) · ca unànime (sharing the same view) · ru единогла́сный (based on unanimity) · ca unànime (based on unanimity) · cs jednomyslný (sharing the same view) · id seia sekata (based on unanimity) · nl unaniem (based on unanimity) · hu azonos véleményen/nézeten lévő (sharing the same view) · vi nhất trí (based on unanimity) · pt unânime (sharing the same view) · ru единоду́шный (sharing the same view) · la ūnanimus (sharing the same view) · hu egyetértő (sharing the same view) · gd aon-ghuthach (based on unanimity) · de einstimmig (based on unanimity) · pt unânime (based on unanimity) · bg единоду́шен (based on unanimity) · pl jednomyślny (sharing the same view) · es unánime (based on unanimity) · sk jednomyseľný (based on unanimity) · pl jednomyślny (based on unanimity) · sl soglasen (based on unanimity) · el ομόφωνος (based on unanimity) · sv enhällig (sharing the same view) · nb enstemmig (based on unanimity) · gl unánime (sharing the same view) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (sharing the same view) · id mufakat (based on unanimity) · ka ერთსულოვანი (based on unanimity) · ga d'aontoil (based on unanimity) · hu egybehangzó (based on unanimity) · la ūnanimus (based on unanimity) · ja 全会一致 (based on unanimity) · ru единоду́шный (based on unanimity) · ga d'aon ghuth (based on unanimity) · cs jednohlasný (based on unanimity) · da enstemmig (based on unanimity) · vi nhất trí (sharing the same view) · cy unfrydol (based on unanimity) · gl unánime (based on unanimity) · fr unanime (sharing the same view) · uk односта́йний (based on unanimity) · ga comhaontach (based on unanimity) · sv enig (sharing the same view) · sh једно̀душан (based on unanimity) · fi yksimielinen (based on unanimity) · id sepakat (based on unanimity) · ka ერთხმად მიღებული (based on unanimity) · nn einstemmig (based on unanimity) · de einig (sharing the same view) · sh jednòglasan (based on unanimity) · sv enig (based on unanimity) · uk одноду́мний (based on unanimity) · az yekdil (based on unanimity) · sh једно̀гласан (based on unanimity) · mk едногласен (based on unanimity) · id sependapat (sharing the same view) · pon unsek (based on unanimity) · uk одноду́шний (based on unanimity) · sh jednòdušan (based on unanimity) · it unanime (based on unanimity) · de einhellig (based on unanimity) · sv samstämmig (based on unanimity) · ang ānmōd (based on unanimity) · be аднаду́шны (based on unanimity) · hu egyöntetű (based on unanimity) · ka ერთხმივი (based on unanimity) · gv co-aignagh (based on unanimity) · cy unfrydol (sharing the same view) · pl jednogłośny (based on unanimity) · be аднагало́сны (based on unanimity) · ro unanim (based on unanimity) · nrf eunanînme (based on unanimity) · uk одноду́шний (sharing the same view) · ga d'aon toil (based on unanimity) · gd aon-ghuthach (sharing the same view) · da enig (sharing the same view) · eo unuvoĉa (sharing the same view) · fi yksimielinen (sharing the same view) · ko 만장일치 (based on unanimity) · fr unanime (based on unanimity) · hy միաբան (sharing the same view) · be аднаду́шны (sharing the same view) · de einsgesinnt (sharing the same view)