Unipolar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unipolar is an adjective meaning Having a single pole.
Meaning
Having a single pole.
More Meanings
- (psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.
- (politics) Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
Example Sentences
All that talk of one superpower -- us -- bestriding a "unipolar" world seems as dated as Seinfeld reruns.
Most studies have tended to find somewhat higher suicide rates in unipolar depression than in bipolar disorder
Synonyms for unipolar
Depending on context, synonyms include monopolar.
Antonyms for unipolar
Common opposites include bipolar.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unipolarity, monopolar, monoionic, uniporal, uniphasic, multipolar.
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