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partisanism

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[pahr-tuh-zuh-niz-uhm, -suh-] / ˈpɑr tə zəˌnɪz əm, -sə- /

noun

  1. partisan action or spirit.

Etymology

Origin of partisanism

First recorded in 1885–90; partisan 1 + -ism

Example Sentences

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The universality of poetry, as contrasted with a narrow "German" clumsiness, is blandly defended, and a joyous abandon is urged as something better than the meticulous anxiety of chauvinistic partisanism.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

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