Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective One-dimensional.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having only one dimension; varying in only one way.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Math.) Having but one dimension. See
dimension .
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- adjective
one-dimensional
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope
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Examples
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A real challenge for US policymakers with their unidimensional approach to regional politics.
Sharmine Narwani: Khaled Meshaal Interview: A Hamas Take on Mideast Geopolitics (Part 2) Sharmine Narwani 2010
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A real challenge for US policymakers with their unidimensional approach to regional politics.
Sharmine Narwani: Khaled Meshaal Interview: A Hamas Take on Mideast Geopolitics (Part 2) Sharmine Narwani 2010
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At the time, the media portrayed a rather unidimensional view of public opinion — very black and white with little nuance (or should I say, red and blue?).
Farewell W, aloha Obama! (or, Announcing PublicSentiment.net!) | FactoryCity 2009
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Therefore, acceptance of human genetic diversity in its totality necessairly leads to the rejection of unidimensional rankings of the capacity of human individuals or groups.
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Contrary to what may be inferred from the comment, although Ayn Rand's villains may have shared a basic belief in "man as means", they were not unidimensional.
When Ayn Rand Villains Ruled the Earth, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Children develop a pecking order, not as unidimensional as the dominance hierarchies of chickens and elephants, but nonetheless an influential youth-driven social order with a force of its own that each child can accept or reject, and that can accept or reject each child.
Sean Slade: The Child Walking Through Schoolhouse Doors Enters a World Sean Slade 2011
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At the same time, realpolitik can bite back, and China is learning some hard lessons about the way the world works, and how a unidimensional approach to OFDI may not be in its own best interests.
Daniel Wagner: China Gets a Lesson in Realpolitik Daniel Wagner 2011
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At the same time, realpolitik can bite back, and China is learning some hard lessons about the way the world works, and how a unidimensional approach to OFDI may not be in its own best interests.
Daniel Wagner: China Gets a Lesson in Realpolitik Daniel Wagner 2011
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Children develop a pecking order, not as unidimensional as the dominance hierarchies of chickens and elephants, but nonetheless an influential youth-driven social order with a force of its own that each child can accept or reject, and that can accept or reject each child.
Sean Slade: The Child Walking Through Schoolhouse Doors Enters a World Sean Slade 2011
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Therefore, acceptance of human genetic diversity in its totality necessarily leads to the rejection of unidimensional rankings of the capacity of human individuals or groups.
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