family unity

Relatives staying close

Family unity is the state of a family being connected, harmonious, and functioning as a cohesive group.

The phrase often appears in contexts emphasizing shared values, mutual support, or the importance of staying together through difficulties: They put aside their differences for the sake of family unity.

Politicians and religious leaders invoke it as an ideal worth preserving.

Opposites
family cohesion

family unityestrangement

Emotional separation between people

alienation · family breakdown · disconnection · family separation · cutting ties

relational harmony

family unityfamily conflict

Disagreement between relatives

family dysfunction · sibling rivalry · dysfunction · infighting · acrimony

structural integrity

family unitybroken family

Separated or divorced relatives

family breakdown · splintering · dissolution

Family

family, unity

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G