Fw: Wordsmith (5/01/2025): A.Word.A.Day -- Unicity
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May 1, 2025
This week¡¯s theme
Words that aren¡¯t what they appear to be
This week¡¯s words
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A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
unicity
PRONUNCIATION:
(yoo-NIS-uh-tee)
MEANING:
noun: The quality of being the only one of its kind: uniqueness or oneness.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin unicus (one, unique). Earliest documented use: 1691. A synonym
is .
NOTES:
Philosophers use ¡°unicity¡± when talking about things like the
unicity of God or the unicity of truth; or you might do so in reference
to the unicity of your Bluetooth connection when it¡¯s finally working
properly for once in its life. Not to be confused with duplicity, when one
is being two-faced (aka ).
USAGE:
¡°[Emmanuel Macron] asks what is the unicity of the EU and defines it as
a unique political body without hegemony, sharing sovereignty and
uniting people democratically.¡±
Paul Gillespie; Germany Must Meet Macron¡¯s Demands; Irish Times
(Dublin); May 13, 2017.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do,
something to love, and something to hope for. -Joseph Addison, writer (1
May 1672-1719)
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