Unipolar

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a single pole. not-comparable

    "All that talk of one superpower -- us -- bestriding a "unipolar" world seems as dated as Seinfeld reruns."

  2. 2
    Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar. not-comparable

    "Most studies have tended to find somewhat higher suicide rates in unipolar depression than in bipolar disorder"

  3. 3
    Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural, economic, and political influence. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a single pole wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
monopolarmonopolarone pieceone sidedunicameralunicellular

Example

More examples

"As President of the United States, I know that for most of human history, power has not been unipolar. The end of the Cold War may have led too many to forget this truth."

Etymology

From uni- + polar.

Related phrases

unipolar depressionunipolar encodingunipolar motorunipolar neuron

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