partisanship
UK/ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/US/ˈpɑɹtəzənˌʃɪp/
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partisanship noun: an inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.
Noun
partisanship (countable and uncountable, plural partisanships)
- An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.
- In this moment of constant campaigning and tribal partisanship, even the courts have had difficulty puncturing the ideological bubbles that Mr. Trump and Fox News pundits have created.2023 April 1, Jonathan Weisman, “Trump and Fox News, Twin Titans of Politics, Hit With Back-to-Back Rebukes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- We focus on how partisanship and race influence sentencing decisions. Partisanship has been shown to shape many political and social decisions (Iyengar et al. 2019) while racial disparities in sentencing are well-documented (United States Sentencing Commission 2023).2025, James N. Druckman et al., Unequal Punishment?: Partisan and Racial Biases in Criminal Sentencing, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2026, page 2
- Synonyms:
- partisanry
partisanship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
partisanship in Hindi
- an inclination to be partisan
- पक्षपातपूर्ण pakṣapātpūrṇ
partisanship in Tamil
- பட்சபாதம், ஒருதலைசார்பு, ஒருபக்கம், எதிரியின் படைக்குள் உட்புகுந்து, தாக்குதல் நடத்தி, உபத்திரவம் கொடுக்கும்
partisanship in Urdu
- عصبیت, پچ, تائید, طرف داری
partisanship in Malayalam
- bias, prejudice, onesidedness
- പക്ഷപാതം, കക്ഷിപക്ഷപാതം, കക്ഷിഗ്രഹണം, ചായ്വ്, തലതിരിവ്, പക്ഷാവലംബനം
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- partisanship in Punjabi
- ਪੱਖ pakkha
Synonyms of partisanship
Forms of partisanship
| plural | partisanships |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | partizanship |
Origin of partisanship
From partisan + -ship.
Words formed from partisanship
Questions about partisanship
- What does partisanship mean?
- Partisanship means an inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.
- What is partisanship in Hindi?
- Partisanship in Hindi is पक्षपातपूर्ण (pakṣapātpūrṇ). See Partisanship meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is partisanship?
- Partisanship is a noun.
- How do you pronounce partisanship?
- Partisanship is pronounced /ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of partisanship?
- The plural of partisanship is partisanships.
Words near partisanship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: partisanship (page history and authors); partisanship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partisanship (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partisanship (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਪੱਖ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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