unconditional

English

Alternative forms

• inconditional (obsolete)

Etymology

From un- +‎ conditional.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

unconditional (comparative more unconditional, superlative most unconditional)

1. 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.‎, 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

• conditional unconditional
• unconditional election
• unconditionality
• unconditional love
• unconditional surrender

 

Translations

without conditions

Arabic: غَيْر مَشْرُوط (ḡayr mašrūṭ) Belarusian: безумоўны (bjezumóŭny), безагаворачны (bjezahavóračny) Bulgarian: безусловен (bg) (bezusloven) Catalan: incondicional (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 無條件的／无条件的 (zh) (wútiáojiàn de) Czech: bezpodmínečný Danish: ubetinget, betingelsesløs Dutch: onvoorwaardelijk (nl) Esperanto: nekondiĉa Estonian: vastuvaidlematu, tingimusteta Finnish: ehdoton (fi) French: inconditionnel (fr) Galician: incondicional German: bedingungslos (de) Greek: χωρίς όρους (chorís órous), άνευ όρων (ánev óron), ανεπιφύλακτος (el) (anepifýlaktos) Hungarian: feltétel nélküli (hu), feltétlen (hu) Irish: gan choinníoll, gan chuntar, neamhchoinníollach, gan chomhla Italian: incondizionato (it) Japanese: 無条件の (ja) (mujōken no) Kazakh: сөзсіз (sözsız) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: bêqeyd û şert (ku), bêşert û merc Macedonian: безу́словен (bezúsloven) Maori: herekore, korehere Persian: بی قید و شرط (bi qeyd o šart) Polish: bezwarunkowy (pl), bezwzględny (pl) Portuguese: incondicional (pt) Romanian: necondiționat (ro) Russian: безогово́рочный (ru) (bezogovóročnyj), безусло́вный (ru) (bezuslóvnyj) Spanish: incondicional (es) Swedish: ovillkorlig (sv), villkorslös (sv) Turkish: şartsız (tr), koşulsuz (tr) Ukrainian: безумо́вний (uk) (bezumóvnyj), беззастере́жний (uk) (bezzasteréžnyj) Vietnamese: không điều kiện

Noun

unconditional (plural unconditionals)

1. 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 […]

2. (logic) A conditional-like structure expressing that the consequent holds true regardless of the particular value of the antecedent.

References

• (logic): 2019, Artemis Alexiadou, Anja Arnhold, Julia Bacskai-Atkari, Of Trees and Birds: A Festschrift for Gisbert Fanselow (page 155)