bipolar

/baɪˈpəʊ.lə/US/baɪˈpoʊ.lɚ/

bipolar adjective: involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time. Also the ellipsis of bipolar disorder.

Adjective

bipolar (comparative more bipolar, superlative most bipolar)

Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
- (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.
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...2005, Barbara E. Bryden, Sundial: Theoretical Relationships Between Psychological Type, Talent, and Disease
- 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
Synonyms:

manic-depressive
Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

Noun

bipolar (countable and uncountable, plural bipolars)

(countable) A bipolar cell.

Also used as

bipolar is also the ellipsis of bipolar disorder.

bipolar meaning in Hindi and Persian

bipolar in Hindi

relating to or having bipolar disorder: द्विध्रुवी dvidhruvī

bipolar in Persian

involving both poles: دوقطبی doqotbi

Examples of bipolar in a sentence

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:
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:

All 23 example sentences with bipolar

Synonyms of bipolar

manic-depressive

Forms of bipolar

Adjective
comparative	more bipolar
superlative	most bipolar
Noun
plural	bipolars

Origin of bipolar

From bi- + polar.

Words formed from bipolar

Phrases with bipolar

Words that rhyme with bipolar

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Questions about bipolar

What does bipolar mean?: Bipolar means involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
What is bipolar in Hindi?: Bipolar in Hindi is द्विध्रुवी (dvidhruvī). See Bipolar meaning in Hindi.
How do you use bipolar in a sentence?: And today, the world has become more and more bipolar.
What part of speech is bipolar?: Bipolar can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce bipolar?: Bipolar is pronounced /baɪˈpəʊ.lə/ (UK).

Words near bipolar in the dictionary

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