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nem con

nem con

9.9
A decision approved with no one voting against it
  • idiom
  • Archaic
translation icon : por unanimidad
  • The resolution was passed nem con by the committee.

Examples

  • The committee approved the budget nem con.

  • The motion was passed nem con.

  • After a short discussion, the proposal was approved nem con.

  • The board agreed nem con to implement the new policy.

  • After a brief discussion, the council approved the measure nem con.

  • The members of the committee voted nem con in favor of the new regulations.

  • Following the unanimous agreement, the proposal was accepted nem con.

Synonyms

unanimous
vsnem con
111 4.4

Everyone agrees about the same thing

is specifically about a vote with no one voting against
unopposed
vsnem con
8 4.1

Having no one to challenge them in a contest, election, or vote

is about a formal decision where no one votes against it

Antonyms

disagreement
268 1.6

A situation when people do not have the same opinion

dissent
  • Formal
73 6.6

A public or formal statement that shows disagreement with an idea

How Unanimous

nem con
  • Archaic
9.9
majority
732 2.1
split
100 4.2

Surface Forms

nem con positive

Morphology

nem + con

This is an abbreviated Latin/jargon phrase (from nemine contradicente) used in parliamentary contexts to mean 'with no one voting against.' The parts are not meaningful English constituents for most learners—'nem' is not a standard word and 'con' ('against') does not transparently produce the sense 'without dissent'—so the meaning is idiomatic and specialized, not derivable by a B1 learner who only knows the listed parts.

Etymology

Nem con comes from the Latin abbreviation of nemine contradicente, which literally means 'no one contradicting'. Officials wrote nem con on old voting papers to show that nobody spoke or voted against the decision, so today nem con means 'without any dissent' or 'unanimously'.