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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Our children and their health and well being must not fall victim to political partisanship. —

Dr. Eve Meltzer Krief, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025 What hasn’t changed is that a great many Americans still are looking for straightforward, fair-minded analysis but too often find partisanship masquerading as punditry. —

The Hill, 27 Jan. 2025 Unsurprisingly, opinions were heavily skewed by partisanship, with more than twice as many Democrats (73%) as Republicans (30%) expressing favorable views. —

Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025 Sectional partisanship overlaps with race, age, education, and religion, transforming a political divide into a cultural clash. —

Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for partisanship