こぞって

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Meanings

usually written using kana alone

Describes a group acting as one, with everyone participating. Often used when people do something collectively or share the same opinion.

〈人ひと〉がこぞって〈動どう詞し〉everyone (in a group) does ~ together
村むら人びとたちがこぞって祭まつりに参さん加かした。
The villagers all turned out together to take part in the festival.
〈人ひと〉はこぞって〈動どう詞し〉a whole group unanimously does ~
国こく民みんはこぞってその決けっ定ていを支し持じした。
The people unanimously supported the decision.

一いっ斉せいにN2
一斉に stresses that everyone acts at exactly the same moment, while こぞって stresses that everyone acts together in agreement or participation.
揃そろって
揃って describes people or things being together/uniform in action, and is a slightly more common everyday word than the more literary こぞって.
総そう出で
総出 emphasizes that every single member of a group turns out (e.g. for work or a search), while こぞって more broadly describes any unanimous group action.
みんなN5
みんな simply means 'everyone' or 'all', while こぞって emphasizes the collective, unified action of a group.

Derived from the verb 挙る (こぞる, 'to gather together'), which is now archaic. The adverbial form こぞって became the standard modern usage.