partisanship en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɐːtɪzənʃɪp/ (Australia)
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- [ˈpɐːɾɪzənʃɪp] (Australia)
- /ˈpɐːtəzɛnʃəp/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈpɑɹtəzənˌʃɪp/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˈpɑɹɾəzənˌʃɪp] (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈpɐːɾəzɛnʃəp] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈpɑːtɪˌzænʃɪp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English partisan Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English partisanship From partisan + -ship.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| partisanships | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| partizanship | alternative, dated | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
Translations (24)
de Parteinahme (an inclination to be partisan) · el κομματισμός (an inclination to be partisan) · ru полити́ческие симпа́тии (an inclination to be partisan) · fr partisanisme (an inclination to be partisan) · bg пристрасност (an inclination to be partisan) · pt partidismo (an inclination to be partisan) · cs přívrženectví (an inclination to be partisan) · hi पक्षपातपूर्ण (an inclination to be partisan) · got 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (an inclination to be partisan) · ca partidisme (an inclination to be partisan) · it partigianeria (an inclination to be partisan) · fr esprit de parti (an inclination to be partisan) · pt partidarismo (an inclination to be partisan) · kk партиялылық (an inclination to be partisan) · es partidismo (an inclination to be partisan) · ru парти́йность (an inclination to be partisan) · gl partidismo (an inclination to be partisan) · fi puolueellisuus (an inclination to be partisan) · de Parteilichkeit (an inclination to be partisan) · fr partialité (an inclination to be partisan) · pl stronniczość (an inclination to be partisan) · de Parteiergreifung (an inclination to be partisan) · nl partijdigheid (an inclination to be partisan) · cs stranictví (an inclination to be partisan)