unconditional

English

Alternative forms

• inconditional (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English conditional

English unconditional

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.‎^[1], 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
• unconditionally
• unconditionalness
• unconditional surrender

Translations

without conditions

• Arabic: غَيْر مَشْرُوط (ḡayr mašrūṭ)
• Belarusian: безумоўны (be) (bjezumówny), безагаворачны (be) (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
• Georgian: უპირობო (uṗirobo)
• 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)
• Māori: 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)