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multipartism

multipartism is the alternative form of multipartyism.

Meaning of multipartyism

Noun

multipartyism (usually uncountable, plural multipartyisms)

  1. (usually) A voting system involving more than one political party.
    • At a time when multipartyism had already been legalised, the people were instructed by the police to unhoist their flag at Shumba Mjini and other places.2001, Mohammed Ali Bakari, The Democratisation Process in Zanzibar: A Retarded Transition, page 184
    Synonyms:
    pluripartyism

Forms of multipartism

pluralmultipartisms

Questions about multipartism

What is multipartism the alternative form of?
Multipartism is the alternative form of multipartyism.

Words near multipartism in the dictionary

  1. multiparticipant
  2. multiparticipation
  3. multiparticle
  4. multiparticulate
  5. multipartisan
  6. multipartism
  7. multipartisms
  8. multipartist
  9. multipartists
  10. multipartite
  11. multipartiteness

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