unipolar

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English unipolar From uni- + polar.

1. Having a single pole.

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

2. Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.

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

3. Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.