Dictionary

postpartisan en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English partisan English postpartisan From post- + partisan.

Meanings

1. (US) Moving past and beyond conventional partisan divides
   • If nurtured and used creatively, they can be the lever by which Obama transforms the landscape of government and creates a broad postpartisan coalition. 2009 February 6, David Brooks, “The Gang System”, in New York Times:
   • Last year Kennedy and partner Michael J. Berman, both editorial novices, brought their "postpartisan" concept to Hachette Filipacchi[…]. 1995 September 18, Michael Handy, “Ich Bin Ein Magazine Editor”, in Time, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2010:

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Deriveds

postpartisanship