partyism

[ pahr-tee-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. adherence to a political party or organization.
2. the organization of political affairs into parties; the political system of a state, region, etc. (often used in combination):

   Two-partyism was never significant in continental politics.

Other Words From

• party·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of partyism¹

First recorded in 1835–45; party + -ism

Example Sentences

To a debate full of inelegant coinages — “popularism,” “viralism” — let me, with apologies, add one more: partyism.

From New York Times

Meanwhile, Republicans’ failure to pass any major piece of their legislative agenda, despite their control of the presidency and both houses of Congress, is a sign that tea partyism provides no plausible path to governing.

From Washington Post

The rise of partyism, or that of teamification of politics.

From New York Times

Democrats and Republicans alike will be puzzled this year than in any other year over why voters will either stay home or else vote the way out of line – choose their candidates not by partyism but by anti-establishment or not because they’ve learned their bitter lessons from the past that the two-party duopoly belongs to, or is working for, the establishment at the expense of the working class.

From New York Times

Polls this year show that partyism has become more divisive than racism.

From Newsweek