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unitary
[ yoo-ni-ter-ee ]
adjective
- of, pertaining to, characterized by, or aiming toward unity:
the unitary principles of nationalism.
- serving as a unit, as of measurement or estimation.
- of or relating to the use of units:
A unitary method was applied.
- Government. of or relating to a system of government in which the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of each state in a body of states are vested in a central authority.
unitary
/ -trɪ; ˈjuːnɪtərɪ /
adjective
- of a unit or units
- based on or characterized by unity
- individual; whole
- of or relating to a system of government in which all governing authority is held by the central government Compare federal
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- uni·tari·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Going back to the Reagan administration, conservative constitutional thinking has advocated for a powerful and unitary executive.
The image of Israel as a unitary, inflexibly anti-peace body is not borne out by the legislative facts.
It decides to pounce on a prey, to hide in the grass, to take off and fly, so the organism does behave as a very unitary entity.
This will also upset people supporting the creation of a single, unitary state—Jewish, Palestinian, or otherwise.
In his U.N. speech, he spoke about “the medieval forces of radical Islam” as a unitary actor.
In particular, there appears to be little hope for any unitary concept of subjective well-being.
So Essence also does not remain unitary, because its potentiality extends to all it has become.
In that it is something unitary, without being unity itself; for what is a "certain one" is already manifold.
This means to signify that unity precedes the unitary thing by nature, just as heat precedes the hot object.
The theory is based upon a principle alleged to be Aristotle's that from a unitary cause nothing but a unitary effect can follow.
Unity precedes the unitary object as heat comes before the hot object.
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