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

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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Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the dissenting liberal justices, warned that the ruling allows the president to take charge of institutions Congress had intended to protect from partisanship.

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Following years of outrage over that alleged partisanship, however, it later turned out that the IRS had applied extra scrutiny to progressive groups as well.

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The CPB is but one of many institutions dedicated to enriching children’s lives that are being hollowed out for no reason beyond heartless partisanship.

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