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Unilateral   /jˌunəlˈætərəl/   Listen
Unilateral

adjective
1.
Involving only one part or side.  Synonym: one-sided.  "A unilateral decision"  Antonym: multilateral.
2.
Tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only.



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"Unilateral" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the speer. If the affection be unilateral, it is one thing; if it be recippercal, it is another. The currents of soul works ...
— The Bread-winners - A Social Study • John Hay
... course of development is pursued in non-related forms and results in similar forms). (7). The law of development through different stages (different characteristics of the same being may develop to a different degree and in different directions). (8). The law of unilateral development (the progeny does not present a complete combination of the characters of the parents but manifests a preponderance of the characteristics of either parent). (9). The law of the reversal of development (the direction of development may reverse and tend ...
— At the Deathbed of Darwinism - A Series of Papers • Eberhard Dennert


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