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.

---

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

I do not mean to say that partyism, well understood and patriotically practiced, is not productive of good to a country blessed with free institutions.

From England, Canada and the Great War by Desjardins, Louis-Georges

I am aware that many good and intelligent men, of different views and associations, regard partyism as a necessity, a normal element, in the operations of free civil government....

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)