bipartisan

American  

[bahy-pahr-tuh-zuhn] / baɪˈpɑr tə zən /

adjective

1. representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions.

   Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.

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bipartisan British  

/ baɪˈpɑːtɪˌzæn, ˌbaɪpɑːtɪˈzæn /

adjective

1. consisting of or supported by two political parties

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Usage

What does bipartisan mean? Bipartisan means including two parties or factions, especially ones that typically oppose each other.Bipartisan is used in the context of political systems that have two dominant parties. Bipartisan is most often used to describe actions or solutions intended to counteract partisan politics, which refers to a situation in which members of each party vote along party lines and refuse to compromise.Example: Approving the budget before the deadline will take a bipartisan effort.

Other Word Forms

• bipartisanism noun
• bipartisanship noun

Etymology

Origin of bipartisan

First recorded in 1905–10; bi- ¹ + partisan ¹

Example Sentences

The hollowing out of the middle class has become a bipartisan trope.

From The Wall Street Journal

Improving U.S. eating habits and the availability of nutritious foods is an issue with broad bipartisan support, and has been a long-standing goal of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement.

From Los Angeles Times

At a time of little agreement among Democrats and Republicans, there is bipartisan consensus that America will be better off if artificial-intelligence tools are built domestically and U.S. companies lead the global industry.

From MarketWatch

A bipartisan statement from U.S. lawmakers Tuesday noted that Denmark has accepted “every request to increase our military presence on the island.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As an example of civics education, the Archives renovation has been a bipartisan effort in a hyper-partisan Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal