1
as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
partisanship can discourage any serious search for the truth
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as in bigotry
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
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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Recent Examples of partisanship
The states also offer a way to tame the partisanship and political division that rattle our country.
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Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Congress must act not with partisanship, but with compassion.
—Nancy G. Brinker, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2025
As Congress has been steadily torn apart by partisanship, it’s given up lots of its power over the past half-century and no longer seems to see itself as a coequal branch of government with the executive.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
The game, which originated in 1909, annually bills itself as an opportunity to display patriotic togetherness even in eras — like the current one — of extreme partisanship.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2025
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Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Congress must act not with partisanship, but with compassion.
—Nancy G. Brinker, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2025
As Congress has been steadily torn apart by partisanship, it’s given up lots of its power over the past half-century and no longer seems to see itself as a coequal branch of government with the executive.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
The game, which originated in 1909, annually bills itself as an opportunity to display patriotic togetherness even in eras — like the current one — of extreme partisanship.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partisanship
Noun
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This suggests that permeating gender bias in the hiring process may be what’s holding back women from being hired at all levels.—
Liz Elting,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Recency bias doesn't trust his ability to have an impact out West, but Brandon Graham assures NFL fans that Huff can still be very productive in the right system.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Harvard's own antisemitism and Islamophobia task forces found widespread fear and bigotry at the university in reports released in late April.—
Nate Raymond,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Augustin denied that bigotry was a motive for the attack.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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The series maintains a light touch and a brisk pace while managing to touch on class disparity and cultural prejudice without ever feeling preachy or forced.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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But as with most anything, inherent prejudice reared its ugly head.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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For example, a person with strong justice, accountability, courage, drive, and integrity will need strength in dimensions such as temperance, humility, and humanity to exercise the necessary judgment, avoiding self-righteousness and dogmatism.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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The link between chemical intolerance and mast cell activation was prescient (though scientists like Cem Akin are waiting for empirical data to prove the connection).—
Kate Raphael,
Discover Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Dairy products: Dairy can upset the gut, especially in people with lactose intolerance.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
21 June 2025
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But, actually, partiality is one of the reasons that scenarios are valuable.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
27 May 2025
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Murrow worked on Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign while at CBS, excusing his partiality as moral and intellectual superiority.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Unlike the India of the Cold War, which remained robustly liberal even when underperforming economically, India today, despite being more economically successful, has been markedly tainted by illiberalism and authoritarianism.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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Hazony’s main project, the National Conservatism conference, has served as a hub connecting various different strands of illiberalism to each other and to power.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Partisanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partisanship. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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