Tending to create unity, connection, or reconciliation.
Reach for it when Describing a practice, message, or experience whose effect is to bring people together.
The memorial's unitive design gave every community a place in the story.
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everyday
bonding
Fits when shared experience strengthens relationships
Not when too casual for doctrine or formal design
warm
reconciling
Fits when the work heals an existing division
Not needed where no conflict preceded it
professional
Fits when parts hold together convincingly
Not when describes the result more than the tendency
professional
Fits when the direct effect is bringing parts together
Not when more common and less philosophical in tone
formal
integrative
Fits when diverse elements are included in one functioning whole
Not when may focus systems rather than relationships
unitive force
The annual river launch became a unitive force across the valley.
unitive vision
Her unitive vision connected housing, transport, and public health.
unitive effect
Singing together had a unitive effect on the newly merged classes.
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