partyism

American  

[pahr-tee-iz-uhm] / ˈpɑr tiˌɪz əm /

noun

1. adherence to a political party or organization.

2. the organization of political affairs into parties; the political system of a state, region, etc. (often used in combination).

   Two-partyism was never significant in continental politics.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• partyist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of partyism

First recorded in 1835–45; party + -ism

Example Sentences

To a debate full of inelegant coinages — “popularism,” “viralism” — let me, with apologies, add one more: partyism.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

In Brooks’s column, he hastened to explain that he wasn’t opposed to political judgment, per se—as he sees it, part of the problem with partyism is that it obscures finer, more nuanced political appraisals.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2014

This year in Kansas, voters have a chance to express their own feelings about partyism thanks to Greg Orman, a private-equity executive who is running for the Senate as an independent.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2014

We conclude that if partyism, sectarianism, schisms, divisions, and heresies were destructive and brought destruction upon their adherents in the first centuries, it will do likewise in the last centuries.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

Believing that there is but one interest in the West, and but little occasion for partyism beyond the investigation of principles and the conduct of functionaries, we would rather encourage union than excite division.

From The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 by Dunn, Jacob Piatt