unity

plural unities

1. uncountableOneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.

   Near-synonyms: unification, unionization, integration

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   If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely important effect derivable from unity of impression - for, if two sittings be required, the affairs of the world interfere, and everything like totality is at once destroyed.

   1846, E. A. Poe, The Philosophy of Composition

   Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.

   2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: union, unitedness, onehead, oneness, oneship, singleness, unicity, unitude · Antonyms: disunity, multiplicity, plurality, manyness, manifoldness, manyhood, manyness, morefold

2. countableuncountableAgreement; harmony.
3. countableuncountableA single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.

   If a single day has brought us two or more experiences suitable to initiate a dream, the dream will unite references to them both into a single whole; it obeys a compulsion to form a unity [translating Einheit] out of them.

   1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 137

4. countableuncountablebroadcastingAny of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).
5. countableuncountablemathematicsThe number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.

   the cube roots of unity

6. countableuncountablelawThe peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
7. QuakerismcountableuncountableThe form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.

1. A female given name from English.

   Hitler, it seemed, had two engagements in Munich that day; one was a visit with Unity Mitford, a Nazi sympathizer belonging to the well-known British Mitford family, who was recovering in a Munich hospital from an attempted suicide.

   1996, John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe

2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, also known as Hodges Park Station.
   3. A small unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
   4. A town and census-designated place in Waldo County, Maine.
   5. An unorganized territory in Kennebec County, Maine.
   6. An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri.
   7. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
   8. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.
   9. An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
   10. A tiny city in Baker County, Oregon.
   11. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
   12. A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
   13. A village in Clark County and Marathon County, Wisconsin, located partly within the town of Unity.
   14. A small town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
4. A state of South Sudan.