unanimity
pronunciation
How to pronounce unanimity in British English:
UK [ˌjuːnəˈnɪməti]
How to pronounce unanimity in American English:
US [ˌjuːnəˈnɪməti]
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- Noun:
- everyone being of one mind
Word Origin
- unanimity (n.)
- mid-15c., from Old French unanimite (14c.), from Late Latin unanimitatem (nominative unanimitas) "unanimity, concord," from unanimus (see unanimous).
Example
- 1. By contrast , the traditional long-term budget requires unanimity .
- 2. This would also be the only solution consistent with the unanimity rule and demonstrated preference .
- 3. The pareto-robbins unanimity rule conquered economics and liquidated the old pigovian welfare economics almost completely .
- 4. Robbins 's own formulation of the unanimity rule far undervalues the scope of its restrictive power over the assertions of economists .
- 5. Any statement about social utility would , in the absence of unanimity , imply an ethical interpersonal comparison between the gainers and the losers from a change .