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unipolar

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for unipolar.

Editorial note

It's very rare that someone has unipolar mania, but it's common in bipolar disorder to fluctuate between the two extremes.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having a single pole.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of unipolar gathered in one view.

adjective

Having a single pole.

adjective

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

adjective

(psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unipolar.

adjective

Having a single pole.

adjective

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

adjective

(psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.

Example sentences

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It's very rare that someone has unipolar mania, but it's common in bipolar disorder to fluctuate between the two extremes.

2

A lot of Bipolar II cases (where manic states aren't as dramatic and depressive symptoms dominate) are misdiagnosed as unipolar depression.

3

Rather than a unipolar/bipolar world, there can be a multipolar world.

4

You know, it can be very difficult to tell the difference between Bipolar II and unipolar depression because the manic phases are so muted and short.

5

Not all signals are TTL level and unipolar.

6

There was never a unipolar British moment.

7

Of course most users just want 'better stuff' but thinking that this is going to result from reversion to a unipolar 'Model T' type marketplace is, in my view, mistaken.

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I know several people who were treated for unipolar depression for years before they were diagnosed with bipolar depression: and the medications and treatments are very different.

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I know less about unipolar depression, but some results have shown that bipolar patients actually have slightly different brain structures and vastly different neural activity during an episode.

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I do experience periods of (unipolar) depression.

11

After 9 years of misdiagnoses by several different doctors, earlier this year one astute doctor was able to uncover that I had bipolar 2 and not unipolar depression or SAD.

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Large effect sizes were found for CBT for unipolar depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and childhood depressive and anxiety disorders.

Quote examples

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In this case, I think one version of "privilege" is the idea that our society involves unipolar power relations where one group/ideology is privileged and enjoys special advantages.

2

) in an earlier '80s edition before the behavioral angle was added made a significant and permanent improvement in my life, all done by myself, although with medicine and talk therapy added to the mix (my depression is not standard "unipolar affective disorder" and medicine is key to improving it, but not a complete solution).

Proper noun examples

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Unipolar depression isn't quite the softball mood disorder people may realize (in comparison to bipolar), I wouldn't want citizens prone to major depressive episodes to have guns either, and it's also noteworthy that those diagnosed with depression often turn out to have something more colorful, such as bipolar.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use unipolar in a sentence?

It's very rare that someone has unipolar mania, but it's common in bipolar disorder to fluctuate between the two extremes.

What does unipolar mean?

Having a single pole.

What part of speech is unipolar?

unipolar is commonly used as adjective.