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mosquito party

mosquito party noun: a small opposition party that lacks meaningful public support, with its candidates and members frequently attracting ridicule rather than serious consideration from voters.

Noun

mosquito party (plural mosquito parties)

  1. (slang, Singaporean politics) A small opposition party that lacks meaningful public support, with its candidates and members frequently attracting ridicule rather than serious consideration from voters.
    • It would seem their strategies of flying in every five years to criticise the ruling PAP and its policies without providing concrete, doable alternatives or focusing on localised issues no longer work. (Singaporeans even have a term for such parties: “Mosquito Parties”.)2025 May 6, “What can we learn from the Singaporean election, where nobody lost?”, in Lowy Institute, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2025

Forms of mosquito party

pluralmosquito parties

Questions about mosquito party

What does mosquito party mean?
Mosquito party means a small opposition party that lacks meaningful public support, with its candidates and members frequently attracting ridicule rather than serious consideration from voters.
What part of speech is mosquito party?
Mosquito party is a noun.
What is the plural of mosquito party?
The plural of mosquito party is mosquito parties.

Words near mosquito party in the dictionary

  1. mosquito net
  2. mosquito nets
  3. mosquito netting
  4. mosquito nettings
  5. mosquito parties
  6. mosquito party
  7. mosquito plant
  8. mosquito press
  9. mosquito wire
  10. mosquito-eater
  11. mosquito-eaters

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