partisanship
strong loyalty to a political party or side, often in a way that is unfair to others
Strong support for a political party or political side, especially when it leads to bias, hostility, or unwillingness to compromise.
strong support for one side that can make someone unfair or not objective
Biased or strongly one-sided support for a cause, group, person, or side, not necessarily in formal politics.
- Base: partisanship
- Plural: partisanship
blind partisanship
1unquestioning party loyalty
supporting your side no matter what, without thinking fairly
- Blind partisanship led supporters to defend behavior they had criticized in their opponents.
- The editor warned that blind partisanship was poisoning public debate.
- She rejected blind partisanship and criticized her own party when necessary.
- Blind partisanship can make people unfair.
- He does not want blind partisanship in the group.
naked partisanship
1blatant political bias
very obvious political bias that the speaker disapproves of
- Critics called the redistricting plan naked partisanship.
- The appointment was viewed as naked partisanship rather than a merit-based decision.
- Opponents said the investigation was an act of naked partisanship.
- The decision looked like naked partisanship.
- Many people criticized the plan as naked partisanship.
partisanship aside
1ignoring political bias
used before saying something without focusing on political sides
- Partisanship aside, the report raises serious questions about the program.
- Partisanship aside, most voters want the roads repaired.
- The policy is expensive, partisanship aside.
- Partisanship aside, the plan has problems.
- Partisanship aside, we need a solution.
put aside partisanship
1stop political bias temporarily
to stop focusing on political sides so people can work together
- The senators put aside partisanship to approve the emergency bill.
- Residents urged the council to put aside partisanship and fix the water system.
- Can both sides put aside partisanship long enough to reach a deal?
- They put aside partisanship and helped the town.
- We need to put aside partisanship now.
rise above partisanship
1act beyond party bias
to stop acting only for your political side and try to do what is best more generally
- After the storm, lawmakers promised to rise above partisanship and pass relief funding quickly.
- The president urged the commission to rise above partisanship.
- It is difficult to rise above partisanship during an election year.
- Leaders must rise above partisanship.
- They tried to rise above partisanship and work together.