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
This dynamic produces not only hyper-partisanship but also a lower quality of representation.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Disney’s maneuver is likely to further inflame American partisanship over the assassination of Kirk.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Our hearts go out to his family, but this should not have become a springboard for hysteria, partisanship, and meltdown.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
But even if the battles between political parties sometimes have a useful purpose, Washington worried about the excesses of partisanship.
—Robert A. Strong, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
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MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Disney’s maneuver is likely to further inflame American partisanship over the assassination of Kirk.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Our hearts go out to his family, but this should not have become a springboard for hysteria, partisanship, and meltdown.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
But even if the battles between political parties sometimes have a useful purpose, Washington worried about the excesses of partisanship.
—Robert A. Strong, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for partisanship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partisanship
Noun
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East Coast bias accusations may come in here, and Aaron Judge will promptly swat them 400 feet.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Health insurers have argued that AI eliminates human error and bias and will save the health care system money.—
Lauren Sausser,
Miami Herald,
30 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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When Atsu was first revealed as the game’s protagonist, reactionaries jumped to disavow the sequel, citing bad-faith reasoning that failed to hide their prejudices.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The motion was filed without prejudice, meaning DHS could choose to pursue Hernandez’s removal in the future.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacbee.com,
25 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
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This powerful coming-of-age documentary profiles these remarkable teenagers while also depicting the everyday advocacy that empowers individuals and stands up to intolerance.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Attempting to do so would only make intolerance for dissent — and the violence that intolerance breeds — worse.—
Michael Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
24 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 1 Oct. 2025.
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