bipartisan

[ bahy-pahr-tuh-zuhn ]
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adjective
  1. representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.

Origin of bipartisan

1
First recorded in 1905–10; bi-1 + partisan1

Other words from bipartisan

  • bi·par·ti·san·ism, noun
  • bi·par·ti·san·ship, noun

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How to use bipartisan in a sentence

  • Each of the state institutions mentioned above is under the control of a separate bi-partisan board of four members.

  • These special interests which suck the people's substance are bi-partisan.

    The Art of Public Speaking | Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
  • When two years later the administration supported it weakly, the bi-partisan boss system killed it.

    The Art of Public Speaking | Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
  • He had not finished with this last measure, which had been passed by Bassett's bi-partisan combination over the governor's veto.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson

British Dictionary definitions for bipartisan

bipartisan

/ (ˌbaɪpɑːtɪˈzæn, baɪˈpɑːtɪˌzæn) /


adjective
  1. consisting of or supported by two political parties

Derived forms of bipartisan

  • bipartisanship, noun

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