unanimity

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On this point there was unanimity among the promulgators of Christianity, but this unanimity was a unanimity of error.

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  1. noun The condition of being unanimous.

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  • In a rare show of unanimity, the US and Europe have had a moan about China to the WTO, while Japan's latest trade data suggests that the rest of Asia has yet to —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Mr Cohn-Bendit said unanimity is the "death of democracy," while Mr Ganley insisted that it forms the "rules of this club" - meaning the Irish No vote should stop the treaty for all countries. —  EUobserver.com - Headline News
  • When a committee is charged with achieving unanimity, the force of its decisions is multiplied —  CIO News
  • The Constitution would take effect once it had been ratified by nine of the thirteen state legislatures -- unanimity was not be required. —  White House.gov Agenda Articles Feed
  • "Because of that they got it through on a simple vote, rather than needing unanimity, which is required for policing matters," he said. —  BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content
 

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  1. from French unanimité = Spanish unanimidad = Portuguese unanimidade = Italian unanimità, from Late Latin unanimita(t-)s, from Latin unanimus, unanimis, unanimous: see unanimous.
 

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/junəˈnɪməti/
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