partisanship

partisan | American Dictionary

partisan
adjective
us/ˈpɑr·t̬ə·zən, -sən/
involving loyal support of a person, principle, or political party:
partisan politics

partisanship

noun[ U ]us/ˈpɑr·t̬ə·zənˌʃɪp, -sən-/
The political parties are more divided by partisanship than ever before.

Examples of partisan

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Admittedly, it is bold to imagine that physicians or patients will become deep ecologists or environmental partisans any time soon.
By 1844 both parties understood the advantages of having women as partisans.
In short, the state of the economy, coupled with incumbency, was associated with different levels of mobilization of partisans.
The declines are particularly pronounced, however, for partisans.
However, the discussants of partisans did not simply reflect their own partisanship.
Given the period assumptions, a combination of life-cycle and generational effects account for the higher number of stronger partisans amongst the old.
Has the question of objectivity introduced new and problematical fracture lines among the partisans of limited (or high) autonomy?
Second, as the minority party, the president's partisans would have limited leverage to influence the adoption of new institutional practices.
Democratic partisans might object that this third iteration does not yet include any adjustment for possible bias in registration data.
Two occasions in the book about his partisans quietly illustrate what he is for his readers in this respect.
As a significant source of potential votes for an insurgent candidacy, a nascent movement is likely to be recognized and even courted by partisans.
They often, by default, relied on the same ethnic stereotypes that partisans outside the voting window used to separate friendly and hostile voters.
The formula that most partisans articulate is one that focuses on the national state.
The process begun in the 1998 elections continued as the core of partisans for alternation of power grew significantly.
The partisans preached resistance at any cost, even if it meant v including heavy civilian casualties.
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