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

The 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

Examples 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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Over the ensuing 75 years, however, that electoral map has slowly, but inexorably, inverted, thanks to changes in the U.S. economy that have opened the door for cultural politics to drive Americans’ partisanship. —

Stephanie Ternullo / Made By History, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024 The party's losses this year have resulted in a national Senate map that is almost completely dictated by presidential partisanship. —

G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024 Earlier this year Representative Gregory Meeks, the committee's ranking Democrat, cautioned against partisanship. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 That partisanship would play an important role in shaping Fries’s fate. —

Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for partisanship