multiparty

adjective

mul·​ti·​par·​ty ˌməl-tē-ˈpär-tē 

-ˌtī-

: of, relating to, or involving multiple and usually more than two parties

multiparty government

a multiparty lawsuit

Examples of multiparty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Finally, there is the myth that democracy can exist only through multiparty competitive elections. — Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

In Kenya, the day commemorates the 1990s struggle for multiparty democracy. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

The majority ruling injects fresh uncertainty into a multiparty coalition government and marks the first time in post-apartheid South Africa a sitting president will be forced into a formal inquiry of this scale. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 May 2026

When democracy came in 1990—in the form of Hungary’s first free, multiparty elections—Orbán won a seat in Parliament as a representative of Fidesz, an acronym for the Alliance of Young Democrats. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multiparty

• counterparty
• arty
• carty
• hearty
• parti
• party
• astarte
• mccarty
• nonparty