partisanship

Rarely par·ti·san·ry

[pahr-tuh-zuhn-ship, -suhn]

noun

1. support of a person, group, party, or cause, especially when seen as biased or emotional: I found myself hoping that the astronomical community would leave Pluto’s planetary status as it was and began following the debate, although my partisanship didn’t extend to letter writing.

   Regardless of the panelists’ political leanings or partisanship, all political topics will be considered for discussion.

   I found myself hoping that the astronomical community would leave Pluto’s planetary status as it was and began following the debate, although my partisanship didn’t extend to letter writing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of partisanship¹

partisan ¹ ( def. ) + -ship ( def. )

Example Sentences

His 2012 bid for reelection turned into a game changer, a crucial step both in pushing the court’s conservatives further to the right and in opening it to more unchecked partisanship.

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None of this is healthy for the body politic, though at least both sides are finally being brutally honest about their raw partisanship.

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To determine the relationship between political polarization and private investment, Azzimonti first created a partisan conflict index, or PCI, that is an objective measure of political partisanship.

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Weiss has cultivated a reputation as a reasonable dissident, eliding outright partisanship and granting her the appearance of neutrality while claiming the mantle to question progressive orthodoxy.

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It had been a town without any centre or public places where people might gather, he said, a problem for this "fractured republic that we have in the United States today, with so much partisanship".

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