unilinear
adjective
uni·lin·e·ar
ˌyü-ni-ˈli-nē-ər 
: developing in or involving a series of stages usually from the primitive to the more advanced
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Revolutions and coups, shifts in alliances and alignments, and nearly continuous balance-of-power wars—among them the ruinous Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta—make for a story that’s often hard for modern readers to follow, as compared with the more unilinear tale of the rise of Rome.
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James Romm, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
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James Romm, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
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“Unilinear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unilinear. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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