unipolar
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- adjective
- /ˌjunɪˈpoʊlər/
- Specialized
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unipolar
- The end of that year saw the Soviet Union disbanded and a new U.S.-led unipolar international order.
- unipolar world
- unipolar system
- unipolar moment
We've got to realize that we're no longer live in a multi or that a unipolar world.
- We've got to realize that we're no longer live in a multi or that a unipolar world.
Examples
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If a unipolar world were unavoidable, many countries might prefer the United States as the hegemon.
Academic text (1999) -
Such a grouping is impossible in a unipolar world because the other states are too weak to mount it.
Academic text (1999) -
The result is that the unipolar era, if not already over, is beginning to wind down.
Academic text (2018) -
In acting as if this were a unipolar world, the United States is also becoming increasingly alone in the world.
Academic text (1999) -
The United States' "unipolar moment" will inevitably end.
Academic text (2008) -
American officials quite naturally tend to act as if the world were unipolar.
Academic text (1999) -
The top military board is unipolar, with the United States far outstripping all other states.
Academic text (1999) -
The world was already moving away from its post-Berlin Wall, unipolar condition, but this crisis has accelerated that process.
Academic text (2009) -
In civilizational terms, we are not going from a unipolar world to a multipolar world.
Blog text (14) -
During the unipolar period following the Cold War, the United States held significant influence over global affairs.
Synonyms
Using electrical current that flows in only one direction
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A long illness of deep sadness and low energy without periods of very high mood
How Centered
Surface Forms
Morphology
unipolar = polar (transparent) = uni + polar
The prefix 'uni-' clearly indicates 'one' or 'single', and 'polar' relates to poles, making the meaning 'having a single pole' straightforward.
Etymology
The word unipolar combines uni- meaning 'one' and polar meaning 'pole', like the North Pole. So it describes something with a single pole or single center, which is why we use unipolar for a world dominated by one country, for a single-pole electronic part, or for a neuron with one main process.