It is often said that the love of parents for their children is unconditional.
The adjective unconditional is used to describe someone or something that has no conditions . This means that the unconditional lacks restrictions or limitations.
For example: “The love of a mother for a child is unconditional” , “Both countries have been unconditional allies for more than a century” , “The president received the unconditional support of the members of his party” .
The love of parents for their children
Let's analyze the first of the examples mentioned to understand what the idea of unconditional alludes to. It is said that the love of a mother or father towards their descendants is unconditional since there is nothing that can modify it.
Parents do not love their children only if certain conditions are met: they always love them, no matter what happens and whatever they do. Of course, there are exceptions, although the trend reveals unconditional love in most parents.
Unconditional as loyalty or fidelity
As a noun , the term refers to an individual who is absolutely adept at another or an idea . Generally, the notion of unconditional is given a positive connotation, since it is linked to fidelity and loyalty .
A fan of a football team can be mentioned as an unconditional supporter of the club. This guy will always encourage the team and will try to accompany them everywhere, regardless of the result of each match.
The fan of a club is unconditional of the institution in question.
Synonyms of the concept
Although the word unconditional is quite common in everyday speech, it doesn't hurt to take a look at its synonyms to appreciate certain nuances that reveal corners of its meaning that are not so obvious. Below are some of the most common ones, within the group of adjectives: total, absolute , complete, unlimited, definitive, categorical, categorical and definitive . To express the opposite ideas of these terms, we have the antonyms limited and relative .
Before moving on to the list of synonyms that can be used to replace the term unconditional when it acts as a noun, let's look at some of the above in more detail. If we study again the example of a mother's love for her children, we can say that this feeling is absolute and unlimited , and these two adjectives express two of the most important vertices of the meaning of unconditional in this case: it cannot be questioned, it cannot be questioned. It has no beginning or end .
When talking about unconditional support , on the other hand, we can also replace the adjective with total or definitive , among other synonyms, since it is a loyalty that has no gaps and that lasts until the end. Having seen these two examples, we can deal with the opposite situations using the antonyms listed above: "As much as it hurts me, his love for me is clearly limited," "I wouldn't trust him, since the support he promises is relative." » .
Other uses of the notion of unconditional
Next, we can see a second list of synonyms, this time composed of both adjectives and nouns: loyal, addict, supporter, proselyte, follower, adept, fan, devotee and fanatic . The most appropriate antonyms in this case would be enemy and opponent .
In a previous paragraph the example is offered of a person who follows his favorite soccer team regardless of what this relationship entails or the performance of his players, and to represent it the unconditional noun is used; Well, the opposite case would be that of an opponent , someone who does not agree with them or who does not respect them. In other areas we could talk about an enemy , although the concept can include an active confrontation, while the previous ones denote a mere lack of compatibility.
“La unconditional” , finally, is the title of a song written by Juan Carlos Calderón and popularized by Luis Miguel . This song is part of the album “Busca una mujer” by the Mexican artist.