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uniparty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈjuːnɪˌpɑɹti/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈjuːnɪˌpʰɑɹɾi] (General-American)

Etymology

From uni- + party.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having only one political party, especially where opposition parties are outlawed; one-party, monoparty.
   • The command economy, well as other factors, fosters non-participatory political systems, and gives rise to uniparty situations. 1980, Richard A. Fredland, Africa Faces the World, page 21:
   • Fourth, in order to consolidate uniparty systems, African party leaders have put forward a theoretical defense, a rationale, for the new type of polity. 2021, James S. Coleman, Carl G. Rosberg, Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa, page 668:
   • The approaches discussed are ( in shorthand ) the charismatic legitimation theory, the elite-mass gap theory, and the uniparty theory. 1967, Claude Ake, A Theory of Political Integration, page 14:
2. (not-comparable) Involving only one party (person or group).
   • If a party has already decided that they would like to primarily engage at the agent level, particularly if they would like to change themselves as the target system, then they should consider uniparty processes. 2012, Dr. Toran Hansen, The Generalist Approach to Conflict Resolution: A Guidebook, page 87:
   • This was primarily because of the uniparty dominance of the Congress party. 1987, V. Bhaskara Rao, B. Venkateswarlu, Parliamentary Democracy in India, page 130:

Relateds

unipartism

uniparty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈjuːnɪˌpɑɹti/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈjuːnɪˌpʰɑɹɾi] (General-American)

Etymology

From uni- + party.

Meanings

1. (derogatory) A group of parties that operate as though they were a single party, having more or less identical ideologies.
   • While the power in the party still resided with those most compromised by the DC uniparty and who rarely challenged the ruling oligarchic elites, there were hints of a new America First Caucus being formed in the House that was committed to policies that challenged the bipartisan status quo. 2022, Jim Belcher, Cold Civil War:
   • Trump will never be part of the uniparty because he may be the first American politician to successfully run against it as a foil. 2020, Matt Gaetz, Firebrand: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the MAGA Revolution:
   • But the moment they got the slightest traction with all the good ideas they had in tow, the uniparty swung into action. Neither Republicans nor Democrats dared allow anyone not willing to play by the new rules to win. 2023, Floyd G. Brown, Counterpunch, page 20:

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