Standard Lemma guide

unanimity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW2 N AH0 N IH1 M AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y UW2 N AH0 N IH1 M IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consensus

Antonyms: pluranimity

2

noun

Meaning 2

everyone being of one mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agreement, accord

History

Etymology

From unanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French unanimité, from Late Latin ūnanimitās. Displaced native Old English ānmōdnes (literally “one-mindedness”).

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միաձայնություն (miajaynutʻyun) — condition
  • Armenian: միաբանություն (miabanutʻyun) — condition
  • Belarusian: аднаду́шнасць (adnadúšnascʹ) — condition
  • Belarusian: аднаду́шнасьць (adnadúšnasʹcʹ) — condition
  • Bulgarian: единоду́шие (edinodúšie) — condition
  • Catalan: unanimitat — condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一致 (yīzhì) — condition
  • Danish: enstemmighed — condition
  • Dutch: eensgezindheid — condition
  • Esperanto: unuanimeco — condition
  • Finnish: yksituumaisuus — condition
  • Finnish: yksimielisyys — condition
  • French: unanimité — condition
  • Galician: unanimidade — condition
  • Georgian: ერთსულოვნება (ertsulovneba) — condition
  • Georgian: ერთხმივობა (ertxmivoba) — condition
  • German: Einstimmigkeit — condition
  • German: Einmütigkeit — condition
  • German: Einhelligkeit — condition
  • Greek: ομοφωνία (omofonía) — condition
  • Greek: παμψηφία (pampsifía) — condition
  • Ancient Greek: ὁμόνοια (homónoia) — condition
  • Hebrew: אחדות — condition
  • Hebrew: פה אחד — condition
  • Hindi: मतैक्य (mataikya) — condition
  • Hungarian: egyhangúság — condition
  • Ido: unanimeso — condition
  • Indonesian: persepakatan — condition
  • Indonesian: permufakatan — condition
  • Irish: aontoilíocht — condition
  • Italian: unanimità — condition
  • Japanese: 満場一致 (manjō itchi) — condition
  • Korean: 만장일치 (manjang'ilchi) — condition
  • Central Kurdish: یەکێتی (yekêtî) — condition
  • Manx: aigney — condition
  • Manx: co-aigney — condition
  • Manx: unnaneys — condition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enstemmighet — condition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einstemmigheit — condition
  • Old English: ānmōdnes — condition
  • Polish: jednomyślność — condition
  • Portuguese: unanimidade — condition
  • Romanian: unanimitate — condition
  • Russian: единоду́шие (jedinodúšije) — condition
  • Russian: единогла́сие (jedinoglásije) — condition
  • Russian: единомы́слие (jedinomýslije) — condition
  • Spanish: unanimidad — condition
  • Swedish: enhällighet — condition
  • Ukrainian: односта́йність (odnostájnistʹ) — condition
  • Ukrainian: одноду́шність (odnodúšnistʹ) — condition