Knoxville, Tennessee, violent crime, on a scale from 1 (low crime) to 100, is 78. Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The US average is 41.4.
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Unilateralism. Unilateralism is any doctrine or agenda that supports one-sided action. Such action may be in disregard for other parties, or as an expression of a commitment toward a direction which other parties may find agreeable.
1 (Of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of another or the others: unilateral nuclear disarmament.More example sentences.1  Workers on both the admin and examining side of the department were angry about this unilateral decision without consultation. 2  Well, that's a unilateral decision as to how the Geneva Conventions are going to be interpreted. It is much more willing to contemplate the use of force in human affairs, even unilaterally, and much more wary of treaties than its allies. 2  The plan makes it clear the US is ready to act unilaterally, without any outside assistance, to achieve its objective.