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party state

party state noun: a state in which power is held by a single political party.

Noun

party state (plural party states)

  1. A state in which power is held by a single political party.
    • It was, to put it another way, quite astonishing to see how much, and to what at extent, the party-state depended on lies.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 188
    • The party state encourages companies to band together into industry clusters by giving them preferential access to contracts and stockmarket listings.2012 January 21, “Theme and variations”, in The Economist

Forms of party state

pluralparty states
alternative formparty-state

Origin of party state

Possibly calque of Chinese 黨國 /党国 (dǎngguó).

Questions about party state

What does party state mean?
Party state means a state in which power is held by a single political party.
What part of speech is party state?
Party state is a noun.
What is the plural of party state?
The plural of party state is party states.

Words near party state in the dictionary

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