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
Social media, hyper-partisanship and deliberate misinformation attempts complicate emergency response and recovery efforts.
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Eric Kevin Stern, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
The House’s action was riven with partisanship.
—Kevin R. Kosar, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
More progress, less partisanship.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2025
Antoni’s nomination draws mixed reaction from economists Some economists warned that Antoni's appointment could spark concerns about partisanship at the BLS and foster distrust of the agency’s data.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
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Eric Kevin Stern, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
The House’s action was riven with partisanship.
—Kevin R. Kosar, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
More progress, less partisanship.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2025
Antoni’s nomination draws mixed reaction from economists Some economists warned that Antoni's appointment could spark concerns about partisanship at the BLS and foster distrust of the agency’s data.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partisanship
Noun
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Address ethics, bias and compliance early.—
David Henkin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Job candidates with names that sound smooth and soft may have a surprising edge in the hiring process, according to a new study that explored how sound symbolism leads to hiring biases.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The right is being horrifyingly plain in bleating their bigotry, but they’re also lost in linguistic obscurities.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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During a hospital stay, Roy’s enfeebled mother fixates on the caste and religious affiliations of the doctors treating her—the sort of thing that will be familiar to anyone who has cringed at a diminished elder’s unfiltered prejudices.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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From hiring algorithms that penalize women to facial recognition systems that misidentify people of color, AI is at risk of replicating—and even amplifying—our worst human prejudices.—
Sagar Gupta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That — metaphorically and literally — is earned dogmatism, the risk that expertise breeds rigidity in our thinking and decision-making.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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As the container of our culture’s internal contradictions, including dogmatism and pragmatism, individualism and communitarianism, and Biercean indignation and Emersonian transcendence, hardcore is as American as atomic warfare.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The test identifies over 120 allergens, including food intolerances, environmental triggers, and household irritants.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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This gives your body time to respond if there's an intolerance.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite its partiality to a president’s power over independent federal agencies, the court has repeatedly suggested that the Fed is an exception.—
Jackie Calmes,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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But, actually, partiality is one of the reasons that scenarios are valuable.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
27 May 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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If so, or even if not, the results of illiberalism by governmental bodies on both sides of the Atlantic are clear for all to see.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Partisanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partisanship. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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