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multiparty

[ muhl-tee-pahr-tee, muhl-tahy- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to more than two political parties.


multiparty

/ ˌmʌltɪˈpɑːtɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a state, political system, etc, in which more than one political party is permitted

    multiparty democracy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of multiparty1

First recorded in 1905–10; multi- + party
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Example Sentences

Maine and Alaska had already altered their elections to allow multiparty ranked-choice ballots, and there was already federal legislation, the Voter Choice Act, promising grants to states and local governments if they followed that lead.

For instance, in a multiparty election, taking down one party might not necessarily help you.

Per state law, after almost every countywide election in Arizona,5 a multiparty audit board must conduct a hand count of ballots from a sample of randomly selected voting precincts and compare them with the results from voting machines.

Electoral reform to allow multiparty democracy is an urgent necessity.

From Time

Making end-to-end encryption work with multiparty video is a serious technical challenge, and at least with this early version, Zoom had to make some tradeoffs.

From Fortune

In 1958, Venezuela packed off its last military dictator and established a multiparty democracy.

Turkey's experiment with a multiparty system started five in the 1950s; Egypt's is just beginning.

Turkey's AKP transformed itself after it broke with a more radical Islamist base to adapt in a multiparty atmosphere.

The Rwandan Constitution sets forth the basic tenets of democracy and provides for a multiparty system.

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