partisanship
noun
par·ti·san·ship
ˈpär-tə-zən-ˌship 
-sən-,
-ˌzan-,
chiefly British ˌpär-tə-ˈzan-
: the quality or state of being partisan : strong and sometimes blind adherence to a particular party, faction, cause, or person
political partisanship
The Court is so riven by partisanship that justices even pick their law clerks in ways influenced by ideology …—
Anthony Lewis
Anthony LewisThe succession of Civil War, Reconstruction and the Gilded Age was marked by bitter partisanship, endemic corruption, appalling violence and a general sense that democracy was failing.—Jon Grinspan
Jon GrinspanExamples of partisanship in a Sentence
partisanship can discourage any serious search for the truth
there's a pervasive partisanship in the company that prevents it from acknowledging that other companies are outpacing it with innovative ideas
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These actions bring a new spirit of partisanship to the national treasure that is the Kennedy Center.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Five years after the COVID pandemic began, its legacy is as much political as epidemiological, according to a comprehensive new Axios-Ipsos poll, with Americans' views of what happened cleaved by partisanship and media preferences.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Yet Democrats warn that Patel will be the very type of figure who brings partisanship to the FBI.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Brazil’s political environment before the 1964 military coup was eerily similar to the United States’ now, featuring a high degree of political polarization, intense partisanship, and leaders promising quick fixes for seemingly intractable structural problems.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Five years after the COVID pandemic began, its legacy is as much political as epidemiological, according to a comprehensive new Axios-Ipsos poll, with Americans' views of what happened cleaved by partisanship and media preferences.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Yet Democrats warn that Patel will be the very type of figure who brings partisanship to the FBI.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Brazil’s political environment before the 1964 military coup was eerily similar to the United States’ now, featuring a high degree of political polarization, intense partisanship, and leaders promising quick fixes for seemingly intractable structural problems.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Partisanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partisanship. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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