unifier
One who integrates
A unifier is a person or thing that brings disparate elements together into a common whole.
Political leaders may serve as unifiers across partisan divides: She positioned herself as a unifier, not a divider.
An idea, symbol, or shared experience can also unify: Music became the unifier for the movement.
Conflict resolution agent
- reconcilerOne who restores harmony
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
negotiator · bridge-builder · facilitator · moderator · statesman · healer · conciliator · harmonizer
Formal union of parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- connectionA joining or relation
- fusionJoining into unity
- mergerCorporate combination
amalgamation · synthesis · integration · coalition · confederation · federation · consolidation · linkage
Unity among allies
- togethernessState of close connection
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
consensus · interconnection · oneness · fellowship · camaraderie · kinship · communion · uniformity
Restoration of friendly relations
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- détenteEasing of strained relations
rapprochement · conciliation · amity · coexistence · nonaggression · pacification · settlement · resolution
peacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
- reconcilerOne who restores harmony
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
arbitrator · negotiator · bridge-builder · facilitator · moderator · statesman · healer · conciliator · harmonizer · integrator
alliance
Formal union of parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- connectionA joining or relation
- fusionJoining into unity
merger · amalgamation · synthesis · integration · coalition · confederation · federation · consolidation · linkage · nexus
solidarity
Unity among allies
- togethernessState of close connection
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
synergy · consensus · interconnection · oneness · fellowship · camaraderie · kinship · communion · uniformity · congruity
reconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
détente · rapprochement · conciliation · amity · coexistence · nonaggression · pacification · settlement · resolution · understanding
- combinerscombiner, integrator, merger, fuser, amalgamator
- mediatorsmediator, mediators, arbitrator, arbitrators, negotiator
- team playerscollaborator, helper, supporter, contributor, cooperator
unifierdivider
Thing that partitions
separator · disintegrator · splitter · dissolver · segregator
- unified front
- German unificationMerging of Germanic states
- national unificationJoining territories into one country
- grand unified theoryUnites fundamental forces
- unified field theorySingle framework combining all forces
- Unification ChurchKorean-founded new religious movement