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

Last month, Indiana governor Mike Braun signed a bill to help fund a potential stadium in Hammond, Ind., after it passed the state legislature with broad bipartisan support.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There is an opportunity that we haven't had before for bipartisan support," he said Wednesday in Houston.

From Barron's

Budzinski and Smith introduced a bipartisan bill to ban elected officials and senior federal staffers from trading on prediction markets.

From Barron's

Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis on Monday introduced bipartisan legislation to regulate prediction markets including rivals Kalshi and Polymarket, which have eaten into its share of the sports betting marketplace.

From Barron's

The bipartisan bill is expected to be introduced by Sen. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, and Sen. John Curtis, a Utah Republican.

From MarketWatch