Definition of Partisanship

Partisanship

The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct appropriate to a partisan.

Related Definitions:

Adherent, Appropriate, Being, Conduct, Of, Or, Partisan, Party, State, The, To

Partisanship Quotations

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
Norman Lear

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.
Paul Ryan

I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
Walter Isaacson

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.
Jennifer Granholm

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.
Robert Byrd

In recurring episodes over the next couple of decades, the minority view gradually won. A profusion of factors differentiates each case from the others, including naked partisanship on both sides, but the trend has been clear.
Michael Kinsley

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution.
Robert Byrd

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.
Michael Crapo

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.
John Avlon

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.
James Harvey Robinson

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Partisanship Translations

partisanship in German is Vetternwirtschaft
partisanship in Italian is nepotismo

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