unconditional
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + conditional.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]unconditional (comparative more unconditional, superlative most unconditional)
- Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.
- Synonyms: absolute, categorical
- Antonym: conditional
- We demand your unconditional surrender.
- 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:06 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S.[1], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
- So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]without conditions
Noun
[edit]unconditional (plural unconditionals)
- That which is not conditional.
- 1854, Victor Cousin, A. G. Henderson, The Philosophy of Kant: Lectures, page 90:
- The me, the world, and God, are the three unconditionals, the three absolutes […]
- (logic) A conditional-like structure expressing that the consequent holds true regardless of the particular value of the antecedent.
References
[edit]- (logic): 2019, Artemis Alexiadou, Anja Arnhold, Julia Bacskai-Atkari, Of Trees and Birds: A Festschrift for Gisbert Fanselow (page 155)