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

On Friday a bipartisan group of five U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Employer tax credits for investing in and hiring from these training partnerships could expand jobs across all these industries—and they have bipartisan appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal

With all of these moving pieces, there’s a bipartisan fear among the nation’s lawmakers about how the acquisition could affect jobs in the U.S. entertainment industry .

From Los Angeles Times

"While there's strong bipartisan agreement I think across the board that we have a problem, people can't seem to come together for the solution," Stahl said.

From BBC

Although there is not a universal definition, many experts and educators rely on guidance from the bipartisan National Education Goals Panel, which has criteria similar to the questions asked by the federal survey.

From Los Angeles Times