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unanimous

/juːˈnænɪməs/

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adjective

Fully in agreement; everyone agrees with the same decision or opinion.

The committee gave a unanimous approval.
All voters supported the proposal in a unanimous vote.

Adinary Nuance

Near-neighbors: 'unanimous' implies full group agreement with no dissent, while 'consensus' can involve discussion to reach a general view. 'Uniform' describes sameness across items, not necessarily agreement, and 'identical' means exactly the same without involving people or decisions.

In other languages

Spanish: unánime
Japanese: 一致した
Korean: 일치하는
Vietnamese: đồng lòng
Chinese: 一致的

Common phrases

unanimous decisionunanimous voteunanimous supportunanimous opinion

Synonyms

agreed concordant consistent identical solid

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