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
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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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This partisanship differs from how actors Burt Lancaster, Marlon Brando, Harry Belafonte, and Charlton Heston risked their careers to participate in the 1963 March on Washington.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 June 2024
The black smoke of partisanship and self-interest (perhaps all too similar to Wells’ War of the Worlds) only has to corrupt a few of the governing elite for our constitutional defenses to fail.
—Kermit Roosevelt Iii, TIME, 31 May 2024
And 84 percent of Republicans believe the charges against him are motivated by partisanship, according to an AtlasIntel poll from February.
—Tia Yang, ABC News, 28 May 2024
Given the intense partisanship that now dominates Washington, however, no one should count on that.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 5 June 2024
The black smoke of partisanship and self-interest (perhaps all too similar to Wells’ War of the Worlds) only has to corrupt a few of the governing elite for our constitutional defenses to fail.
—Kermit Roosevelt Iii, TIME, 31 May 2024
And 84 percent of Republicans believe the charges against him are motivated by partisanship, according to an AtlasIntel poll from February.
—Tia Yang, ABC News, 28 May 2024
Given the intense partisanship that now dominates Washington, however, no one should count on that.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
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“Partisanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partisanship. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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