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intraparty

intraparty

1 7.5
Happening inside one political party, often as arguments between members
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntrəˈpɑrti/
translation icon : intrapartidario
  • Some experts believe that the development of "intraparty democracy" is even more significant for China's long-term political reform than the experiments in local governance.
  • intraparty democracy

Examples

  • One of the ways the CCP has begun to introduce intraparty democracy is by putting forward multiple candidates for positions.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Intraparty democracy was a centerpiece of Hu's keynote address to the CCP's 17th Party Congress last fall.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The other form of competition that gerrymandering hurts is intraparty competition.

  • What was at first an intraparty culture war among Democratic elites became, by the 1980s, an interparty culture war.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Lin then withdrew from the intraparty contest, and Lee's name was the only one on the nominating ballot.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Among the measures that are being considered are changing how party congresses operate, how deputies are selected and disciplined, and introducing intraparty democracy in order to promote greater accountability.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But because of these intraparty divisions—and growing polarization in the country at large—each was a pyrrhic victory.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In a major speech at the Central Party School in June last year, Hu exhorted the CCP's top leadership to "perfect the intraparty democratic system and bring into full play the party's creative vigor."

    Academic text (2008)
  • Introduced in 1987 under the pretense of broadening intraparty democracy, the reform mandated that the number of candidates for delegate to the party congress exceed the number of positions by 20 percent.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The recent intraparty debates highlighted the differing views among the candidates.

Synonyms

internal
vsintraparty
440 3.4

Happening inside a country, organization, or group, not involving outsiders

is narrower, applying to matters inside one political organization rather than broad domestic ones
intragroup
vsintraparty
7.2

Happening inside a group of people

is used mainly for matters inside a single political organization

How Big

election
1.0
intraparty
1 7.5

Surface Forms

intraparty positive

Morphology

intraparty = party (transparent) = intra + party

Meaning is directly formed from the combining prefix 'intra-' (within) + 'party', yielding 'within a party', a standard and recoverable formation.

Etymology

The word intraparty comes from intra- meaning 'within' and party meaning 'group', so it describes things that happen inside the same political party or group.