bipolar

See also: bipolär

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ polar

Adjective

bipolar (comparative more bipolar, superlative most bipolar)

  1. Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
    • 1992, Paul Gilbert, Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness,
      (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; ...
    • 1997, David A. Lake, Patrick M. Morgan, Regional Orders: Building Security in a New World,
      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.
    • 2006, Leandro Herrero, The Leader with Seven Faces: finding your own ways to practice leadership in today's organization,
      And today, the world has become more and more bipolar.
  2. Relating to both polar regions
  3. (physics) Relating to a bipole
  4. Relating to or having bipolar disorder.
    • 2005, Barbara E. Bryden, Sundial: Theoretical Relationships Between Psychological Type, Talent, and Disease,
      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, Robert H. Coombs (editor), Family Therapy Review: Preparing for Comprehensive and Licensing Examinations,
      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.
    • 2006, Jon P. Bloch, Jeffrey A. Naser, The everything health guide to adult bipolar disorder
      If a bipolar person you work with is receiving successful treatment, you might not even know that she is bipolar.

Translations
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Noun

bipolar (plural bipolars)

  1. A bipolar cell.

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bipolar/, [ˈb̥ipʰoˌlɑːˀ]

Adjective

bipolar

  1. bipolar (involving two poles)

Inflection
Inflection of bipolar
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular bipolar — —2
Neuter singular bipolart — —2
Plural bipolare — —2
Definite attributive1 bipolare — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • bipolar affektiv lidelse
  • bipolar affektiv sindslidelse
  • bipolaritet
  • bipolar lidelse
  • bipolar sindslidelse

German

Adjective

bipolar (not comparable)

  1. bipolar

Declension
Declension of bipolar
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist bipolar sie ist bipolar es ist bipolar sie sind bipolar
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bipolarer bipolare bipolares bipolare
genitive bipolaren bipolarer bipolaren bipolarer
dative bipolarem bipolarer bipolarem bipolaren
accusative bipolaren bipolare bipolares bipolare
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der bipolare die bipolare das bipolare die bipolaren
genitive des bipolaren der bipolaren des bipolaren der bipolaren
dative dem bipolaren der bipolaren dem bipolaren den bipolaren
accusative den bipolaren die bipolare das bipolare die bipolaren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein bipolarer eine bipolare ein bipolares (keine) bipolaren
genitive eines bipolaren einer bipolaren eines bipolaren (keiner) bipolaren
dative einem bipolaren einer bipolaren einem bipolaren (keinen) bipolaren
accusative einen bipolaren eine bipolare ein bipolares (keine) bipolaren

Synonyms

Further reading

Portuguese

Adjective

bipolar m or f (plural bipolares, comparable)

  1. bipolar (involving both poles)
  2. (psychiatry) bipolar (relating to or having bipolar disorder)

Spanish

Adjective

bipolar (plural bipolares)

  1. bipolar
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