Meanings
adjectiveunidimensional (not comparable)
- not comparableone-dimensional
Lives are not simple and homogenous or uni-dimensional.
1989 August 19, Ollie Lee Taylor, quoting Richard Mohr, “Black and White Men Make It Happen Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Italic*oinos
- Old Latinoinos
- Latinūnus
- Latinūni-
- Englishuni-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Proto-Italic*mētis
- Latinmētior
- Latindīmētior
- Latindīmēnsiō
- Englishdimension
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdimensional
- Englishunidimensional
From uni- + dimensional.
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unidimensional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidimensional
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unidimensional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidimensional.
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