unitive
- adjective
- /ˈjuːnɪtɪv/
- Specialized
:
unitario
- The therapist emphasized the importance of unitive relationships that foster deep connections among family members.
- unitive and procreative
One could call it unitive knowing rather than knowledge knowing that creates separation.
- One could call it unitive knowing rather than knowledge knowing that creates separation.
Examples
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Many traditions emphasize the unitive aspect of community gatherings, where individuals come together to celebrate their common interests.
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First, the section on marriage and family doctrinally defines as equal both the unitive and procreative ends of sexuality in marriage, without prioritizing one over the other.
Academic text (2015) -
The books are really about the need to heal from sexual woundedness and how that healing can allow a person to come into whole, rightly ordered sexual relationships that are unitive and procreative.
Blog text (13) -
This anthropological development recognizes what married couples for centuries have known through experience, namely, that the unitive meaning of the truly human sexual act is at least as important as, if not more important than, the procreative meaning of the sexual act.
Academic text (2008) -
But an act is not in reality unitive, in will and affection, unless there is a genuine first-level common good, the shared pursuit and realization of which unites them personally.
Academic text (2008) -
For instance, instead of seeing mountains and valleys as opposites, higher thinking conceives a "mountainvalley" as a unitive whole, neither of its parts existing independently of the other.
Academic text (1994) -
In a successful team, unitive thinking helps members work together effectively, recognizing their shared goals.
Synonyms
∞
2.2
Joined as one group and working toward the same goal
240
3.9
Shared by all members of a group acting together
127
4.1
Different parts join to make one whole
1
7.0
Making different parts act together as one
Putting the group's needs before each person's own wants
People in a group who support each other and act together
Antonyms
How Unitive
- Specialized
2
3.8
240
3.9
119
3.5
8
6.7
829
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unitive comes from the root unit or uni- meaning 'one', the same root you see in the word unit. So a unitive approach treats a group as one whole, not as separate people.