partisan
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- adjective
- /ˈpɑːrtɪzən/
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partidista
- This is no time for partisan politics.
- partisan politics
- partisan voting
- partisan lines
He sees the the partisan divisiveness in the Congress.
- He sees the the partisan divisiveness in the Congress.
- You're in a less hyper partisan kind of environment.
- I think he's not, you know, in a in a partisan mindset.
- And those races are technically non partisan, as many races are.
- I fervently believe that this is not a partisan issue.
- So given that context, what does non partisan mean to you?
- Everybody recognizes they're very important, but they haven't yet been polluted by the partisan bickering.
- Democracy is built on a healthy distrust of politicians and their partisan games.
- Or, or there is there is a way to take up a spiritual perspective on partisan politics.
- It's it's intelligence officers injecting or using intelligence in a partisan way.
- What happens is news outlets tend to pull to extremes, just like highly partisan voters.
- And part of the problem with that is that that means that it's all up for partisan interpretation.
- People who see politics and they sort of position themselves as being above the partisan fray.
- Now, it would be a negative if I was someone who by nature was politically partisan or if I'm someone who by nature is a yes man.
Examples
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Dan, now is no time to play partisan politics.
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Democratic leaders have compelling reasons of partisan self-interest for trying to prevent them from ever doing so.
Academic text (1990) -
Nobody needs to be partisan about this issue.
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This all feels so partisan.
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Only my aunt advised me not to be too partisan in my choice.
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And so I don't want to be partisan about taxes or spending.
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But Lloyd George, who was in the Liberal Party, dismissed these concerns on partisan grounds.
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Even the most partisan battles demand fairness!
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The powerful partisan forces that shaped the presidential contest also dominated the congressional races.
Academic text (2013) -
The debate quickly turned into a partisan argument, with both sides refusing to listen to each other.
Synonyms
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4.0
Showing unfair favor to one person, group, or side
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4.7
Favoring one side or person rather than being fair
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4.0
Not fair because it helps only one person, group, or view
Showing strong support for a group or cause without seeing other views
A person who is very loyal to one political party and not fair to others
Someone shows strong support for one group inside an organization, causing division
Antonyms
How Partisan
Surface Forms
Morphology
partisan = party (semi-transparent) = parti + an
Derived from 'party' + '-an' meaning 'relating to a party'; the evaluative sense ('showing strong, often unfair support') is an added pragmatic meaning not fully predictable from the base.
Etymology
To be partisan (adjective) is to be for a part 'part' or 'party', so the word means strongly supporting one side and often not being fair.