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One-dimensionality

One-dimensionality: In relation to social organization, a state in which the meaning of universal terms like Freedom or Equality is reduced to their functional role in justifying prevailing social powers and institutions.

Source: What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time, Place and Theories’ by John McMurtry, Philosophy and World Problems, Volume I-III, UNESCO in partnership with Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Oxford, 2004-11.