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political parties

political parties is the plural of political party.

Meaning of political party

Noun

political party (plural political parties)

  1. A political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power through representation in government.
    • I told the Governors that I had never questioned the capacity or the sincerity or the ability of a man because he belonged to a different political party. No party had an overriding claim to patriotism. The times, I said, demanded that we put away our differences and close ranks in a determined...1971, Lyndon Johnson, “"I feel like I have already been here a year"”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 28
    Synonyms:
    party

Questions about political parties

What is political parties the plural of?
Political parties is the plural of political party.

Words near political parties in the dictionary

  1. political machines
  2. political map
  3. political marketing
  4. political opposition
  5. political oppositions
  6. political parties
  7. political party
  8. political price fixing
  9. political prisoner
  10. political prisoners
  11. political regime

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