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

He successfully campaigned to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria last year with bipartisan congressional support and has backed Sharaa’s efforts to unify the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

What is new is that the shift appears to be solidly bipartisan.

From The Wall Street Journal

His killing sparked another wave of protests in Minneapolis and ignited bipartisan scrutiny of the government’s immigration-enforcement campaign there.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It would undermine a lot of the bipartisan efforts that are happening in the House and the Senate to move evidence-backed policy to increase housing supply and stabilize rents and home prices,” Garcia said.

From Los Angeles Times

The Senate Banking Committee in the coming weeks is also expected to continue work on bipartisan housing legislation.

From Barron's