E pluribus unum
Many becoming one
E pluribus unum is the Latin motto on the Great Seal of the United States, meaning "out of many, one." It refers to the union of separate states into a single nation.
The phrase appears on U.S. currency and government documents.
It sometimes extends to describe any unified whole formed from diverse parts: The city is e pluribus unum—dozens of cultures blended into one community.
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- united we standMotto of collective strength
- one nationUndivided sovereign people
- mottoGuiding behavioral phrase
- LatinAncient Roman language
Great Seal · founding · seal · America · colonies · thirteen · eagle · many · one · together · republic · national · patriotic · diverse · union · national motto · strength · federalism
- Latin phrasescarpe diem, caveat emptor, veni vidi vici, ad astra, prima facie
- coinspennies, leu, silver eagles, nickels, ban
- US currencydollar, dollar bills, penny, dollars, nickel
E pluribus unumdivide and conquer
Overcome by fragmenting opposition
balkanization · fragmentation · disunion · schism · dissolution
E pluribus unumblood and soil
Nationalist ideology linking ethnicity to territory
E pluribus unumseparatism
Advocacy for political breakaway
secession · segregation · partition · tribalism · apartheid
plural, pluralize, pluralism, plurality, pluralistic, plus, surplus, unanimous, unique