单词 | unification |
释义 | unificationn. The action or process of unifying or uniting; reduction to unity or to a uniform system; the result of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > specifically in non-physical sense union?a1425 allying1583 unition1584 unitedness1627 uniteness1639 unifying1681 unification1848 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > federalism > union or unification union1461 unification1848 reunification1872 1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present II. i. 25 The unification of Italy would thus be gradual and pacific. 1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism I. 231 A process of transformation or unification of religious ideas. 1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 46 The recent movement for the unification and preservation of nations. Compounds Unification Church n. an evangelistic religious and political organization (see quot. 1973) founded in 1954 in Korea by Sun Myung Moon, and subsequently known as a cult religion in the U.S. and elsewhere. Its adherents are sometimes contemptuously called Moonies. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Unification Church > [noun] Unification Church1973 1973 Time 15 Oct. 129/3 By 1954 he had founded the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity—known more simply as the Unification Church. 1975 Americana Ann. 481/1 A..group in Korea, called the Unification Church, claiming Christian origins and suggesting Messianic status for its leader, the Rev. Sun..Moon, engaged in evangelistic work in the United States. 1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 Mar. 7/2 The fringe religious groups include..Unification Church, [etc.]. 1979 Minutes Gen. Synod House of Bishops 3 May 4 The Archbishop of York made a statement..relating to the Unification Church. Derivatives unifiˈcationist n. and adj. = unificator n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > one who or that which unites uniter?1569 unitor1606 co-uniter1712 unifier1867 unificator1870 unificationist1924 1924 N.E.D. at Unification Unificationist sb. and a., has had some slight currency in recent use. ˈunificator n. a unifier. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > one who or that which unites uniter?1569 unitor1606 co-uniter1712 unifier1867 unificator1870 unificationist1924 1870 Contemp. Rev. 15 400 The people..proclaimed them in anticipation the ‘unificators’ of Italy. unifiˈcatory adj. tending to unify. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [adjective] > having property of uniting unitivea1500 uniting1582 unifying1681 unific1788 esemplastic1817 unital1837 inoneing1855 unificatorya1897 a1897 W. Wallace Lect. Nat. Theol. (1898) 84 The monistic, if that means the unificatory, instinct is irresistible. 1932 W. T. Stace Theory of Knowl. vii. 156 The other chief logical character of unificatory constructions is that they..are simply serviceable fictions. 1971 A. Kirk-Greene in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 143 In Nigeria, Hausa..played the same unificatory role until its use was forbidden..during the 1939–45 war. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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