Meanings
comparative more unitive · superlative most unitive
- Of, causing, or involving unity or union.
The mystics' fundamental vision was unitive: all things, including sinful creatures, are united with God.
1986, Jeffrey Burton Russell, Lucifer, the Devil in the Middle Ages, page 2902 more examples
Starting with this principle, established by God, namely that sex must always be the expression of a love that is unitive (till death) and procreative (opened to life), we can arrive at a simple Sexual Ethics primer.
2003, Albert Joseph Mary Shamon, Firepower Through Confirmation, page 13It was unitive in that it directly asked each person to go beyond that which separates him or her from other people.
2009, David Gershon, Social change 2.0: a blueprint for reinventing our world
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Late Latinunitīvus
- Englishunitive
From Late Latin unitīvus.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian обединяващ
- обединяващ (obedinjavašt)causing or involving unity
Finnish yhdistävä
- yhdistäväcausing or involving unity
German vereinheitlichend
- vereinheitlichendcausing or involving unity
Italian unitivo
- unitivocausing or involving unity
Russian объединя́ющий, соедини́тельный
- объединя́ющий (obʺjedinjájuščij)causing or involving unity
- соедини́тельный (sojedinítelʹnyj)causing or involving unity
Spanish unitivo
- unitivocausing or involving unity
Cite this entry
unitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unitive
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