unifications
Acts of combining
Unifications are acts of bringing together separate things into a single whole.
Political unifications merge territories or states: the unification of Germany in 1871.
The word applies to any joining of disparate elements—scientific theories, organizational structures, competing factions.
Multiple unifications may occur in sequence or simultaneously: The unifications of the various rebel groups took years to negotiate.
Corporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- corporationLegally separate business entity
departments · synergy · streamlining · centralization · administration · bureaucracy · efficiency · coordination
Combining into a whole
- mergerCorporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
annexation · sovereignty · partition · Germany · Korea · Vietnam · nationalism · borders
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- identityWho someone is
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
heritage · traditions · syncretism · multiculturalism · cohesion · blending · fusion · tolerance
Explanatory set of principles
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- EinsteinByword for genius
- physicsScience of matter and energy
forces · gravity · electromagnetism · grand · equations · quantum · relativity · field
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialectRegional language variety
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
spelling · reform · codification · normalization · alphabet · pronunciation · lexicon · terminology
merger
Corporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
corporation · departments · synergy · streamlining · centralization · administration · bureaucracy · efficiency · coordination · standardization
integration
Combining into a whole
- mergerCorporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- treatyBinding pact between nations
federation · annexation · sovereignty · partition · Germany · Korea · Vietnam · nationalism · borders · diplomacy
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- identityWho someone is
diaspora · heritage · traditions · syncretism · multiculturalism · cohesion · blending · fusion · tolerance · coexistence
theory
Explanatory set of principles
physics · forces · gravity · electromagnetism · grand · equations · quantum · relativity · field · particles
standardization
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialectRegional language variety
grammar · spelling · reform · codification · normalization · alphabet · pronunciation · lexicon · terminology · usage
- business consolidationmerger, mergers, acquisition, acquisitions, takeover
unificationsdivisions
Separate portions of something
separations · splits · partitions · fragmentations · dissolutions
unificationsfragmentations
Acts of breaking apart
disunions · secessions · splintering · atomizations · dispersals
- German unificationMerging of Germanic states
- national unificationJoining territories into one country
- Unification ChurchKorean-founded new religious movement