bipolarism
bipolarism noun: the characterization and practice of politics as the struggle and balance between left-wing and right-wing powers or ideologies.
Noun
bipolarism (countable and uncountable, plural bipolarisms)
- The characterization and practice of politics as the struggle and balance between left-wing and right-wing powers or ideologies.
- Political scientists and international observers debated whether the international system had become unipolar (with the United States as the sole superpower) or multipolar (with competing economic and military powers represented by the United States, China, Europe, and perhaps other countries and...2004, Ellen Grigsby, Analyzing Politics, →ISBN, page 250
- East–West bipolarism is also associated with the “zero-sum” game (“my gain your loss”) of political-military rebalancing through military interventions or subversions in any Third World area where the adversary makes fresh inroads.2009, Marco Rimanelli, The A to Z of NATO and Other International Security Organizations, →ISBN
Forms of bipolarism
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Origin of bipolarism
From bipolar + -ism.
Questions about bipolarism
- What does bipolarism mean?
- Bipolarism means the characterization and practice of politics as the struggle and balance between left-wing and right-wing powers or ideologies.
- What part of speech is bipolarism?
- Bipolarism is a noun.
- What is the plural of bipolarism?
- The plural of bipolarism is bipolarisms.
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