different between bipolar vs ambivalent

English

Etymology

bi- +? polar

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Adjective

bipolar (comparative more bipolar, superlative most bipolar)

1. Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
   • 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.
2. Relating to both polar regions
3. (physics) Relating to a bipole
4. Relating to or having bipolar disorder.

   Synonym: (dated) manic-depressive

   • 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.

5. (politics) Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

Related terms

• bipolarity
• multipolar
• unipolar

Translations

Noun

bipolar (plural bipolars)

1. A bipolar cell.
2. Short for bipolar disorder and bipolarity.

Anagrams

• parboil

Catalan

Adjective

bipolar (feminine bipolara, masculine plural bipolars, feminine plural bipolares)

1. bipolar

Derived terms

• trastorn bipolar

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bipolar/, [?b?ip?o?l???]

Adjective

bipolar

1. bipolar (involving two poles)

Inflection

Synonyms

• bipolær

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

bipolar (not comparable)

1. bipolar

Declension

Synonyms

• doppelpolig
• manisch-depressiv
• zweipolig

Further reading

• “bipolar” in Duden online

Portuguese

Adjective

bipolar m or f (plural bipolares, comparable)

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

Related terms

• dipolar

Romanian

Etymology

From French bipolaire

Adjective

bipolar m or n (feminine singular bipolar?, masculine plural bipolari, feminine and neuter plural bipolare)

1. bipolar

Declension

Related terms

• bipolaritate

Spanish

Adjective

bipolar (plural bipolares)

1. bipolar

Derived terms

Related terms

• polo

English

Etymology

Back-formation from ambivalence, from German Ambivalenz, from Latin ambi- (“in two ways”) + vale? (“be strong”); equivalent to ambi- +? -valent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /æm?b?v.?.l?nt/

Adjective

ambivalent (comparative more ambivalent, superlative most ambivalent)

1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
2. Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

Usage notes

Ambivalent is commonly used to denote lacking emotion instead of having conflicting emotions. More appropriate alternatives would be indifferent and apathetic.

Synonyms

• (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings): conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved
• (alternately feeling opposing feelings): vacillating, fluctuating, wavering

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German ambivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.bi.va??l?nt/
• Hyphenation: am?bi?va?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

ambivalent (comparative ambivalenter, superlative ambivalentst)

1. ambivalent (simultaneously experiencing conflicting drives) [from early 20th c.]

Inflection

Derived terms

• ambivalentie

French

Etymology

From German ambivalent, from Latin ambi- + Latin val?ns, the latter from the verb vale?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.bi.va.l??/

Adjective

ambivalent (feminine singular ambivalente, masculine plural ambivalents, feminine plural ambivalentes)

1. ambivalent
2. ambiguous, equivocal

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ambiva?l?nt/

Adjective

ambivalent (comparative ambivalenter, superlative am ambivalentesten)

1. ambivalent

Declension

Related terms

• Ambivalenz

Further reading

• “ambivalent” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French ambivalent

Adjective

ambivalent m or n (feminine singular ambivalent?, masculine plural ambivalen?i, feminine and neuter plural ambivalente)

1. ambivalent

Declension