bipolar en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /baɪˈpəʊ.lə/ (UK)
- /baɪˈpoʊ.lɚ/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English bipolar From bi- + polar.
Meanings
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Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
And today, the world has become more and more bipolar.
2006, Leandro Herrero, The Leader with Seven Faces: finding your own ways to practice leadership in today's organization:(4) the unipolar-bipolar distinction is important in regard to these personality variables; the trait of extraversion (associated as it is with positive affectivity) may mean that individual variation here leads to a more bipolar pattern; ...
1992, Paul Gilbert, Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness:Pakistan greatly resents this, but its efforts to adjust the complex have involved trying to make it more bipolar (via nuclear weapons), and not to move to another security order.
1997, David A. Lake, Patrick M. Morgan, Regional Orders: Building Security in a New World:
- Relating to both polar regions.
- Relating to a bipole.
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Relating to or having bipolar disorder.
And in both visual artists and creative writers, there is a considerably higher risk of affective disorder, more unipolar (depression only) in artists, and more bipolar (mania and depression) in writers, and leading to higher rates of alcoholism and suicide, particularly in writers (Andreasen 1987; DeLong & Aldershof, 1988; Jamison, 1986, 1995).
2005, Barbara E. Bryden, Sundial: Theoretical Relationships Between Psychological Type, Talent, and Disease:If a bipolar person you work with is receiving successful treatment, you might not even know that she is bipolar.
2006, Jon P. Bloch, Jeffrey A. Naser, The everything health guide to adult bipolar disorder:Since many childhood depressions become more bipolar in adult life, and because Jay's father was bipolar, I added Depakote to "protect" him against this bipolar possibility.
2005, Robert H. Coombs, editor, Family Therapy Review: Preparing for Comprehensive and Licensing Examinations:
- Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more bipolar | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most bipolar | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pseudobipolar · bipolarism · bipolarity · microbipolar · bipolarist · antibipolar · bipolar II · nonbipolar · bipolarly · bipolar I
Relateds
nonpolar · monopolar · multipolar · polar · tripolar · unipolar
Synonyms
Translations (39)
el μανιοκαταθλιπτικός (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · fi bipolaarinen (involving both poles) · be біпаля́рны (involving both poles) · sv bipolär (involving both poles) · it bipolare (involving both poles) · de bipolar (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · fr bipolaire (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · da bipolar (involving both poles) · uk двопо́люсний (involving both poles) · bg двупо́люсен (involving both poles) · fi kaksinapainen (involving both poles) · da bipolær (involving both poles) · it bipolare (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · be двухпо́люсны (involving both poles) · pl bipolarny (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · es bipolar (involving both poles) · pl dwubiegunowy (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · ca bipolar (involving both poles) · pl bipolarny (involving both poles) · fa دوقطبی (involving both poles) · ru двухпо́люсный (involving both poles) · sv bipolär (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · fr bipolaire (involving both poles) · fr maniaco-dépressif (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · de bipolar (involving both poles) · pl dwubiegunowy (involving both poles) · fi kaksisuuntainen (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · kk екіүйекті (involving both poles) · pt bipolar (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · ca bipolar (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · fi bipolaarinen (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · ru биполя́рный (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · bg биполя́рен (involving both poles) · kk екiполюстік (involving both poles) · ru биполя́рный (involving both poles) · pt bipolar (involving both poles) · uk біполя́рний (involving both poles) · hi द्विध्रुवी (relating to or having bipolar disorder) · el διπολικός (involving both poles)