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two-party system

[too-pahr-tee]
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noun Government.
  1. a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
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Origin of two-party system

First recorded in 1900–05
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British Dictionary definitions for two-party system

two-party system

noun
  1. a condition or system in which two major parties dominate a political unit
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