bipolarity

American  

[bahy-poh-lar-i-tee] / ˌbaɪ poʊˈlær ɪ ti /

adjective

1. the quality or state of having two poles or extremes.

   The election showed a trend toward bipolarity, with almost all voters choosing one of the two largest parties.

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Etymology

Origin of bipolarity

First recorded in 1830–40; bipolar ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )

Example Sentences

Reviewing the novel a quarter century after diagnosing America’s literary bipolarity in “Paleface and Redskin,” Philip Rahv saluted its “masterful combination”—the demotic and literary, the astringent and poetic.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019

I've been reminded many times of this over the years, with brilliant & creative friends whose lives have been slowed down by depression, bipolarity & other forms of mental illnesses.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2018

With the Frasers returning to Scotland, perhaps the show will move past its frenetic bipolarity and find a more even keel for the back half of Season Two.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2016

The idea that some kind of six-sided deterrence would work in this roiling cauldron of instability the way it did in the frozen bipolarity of the Cold War is simply ridiculous.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2015

A diagnosis that once applied to less than 1% of the population has risen dramatically, with almost 25% of Americans and around 5% of people in the UK estimated to suffer from some form of bipolarity.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2013