multi-partyadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈpɑːti/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈpɑrdi/; see also multi- comb. form. Politics.
Comprising several political parties; involving members of several political parties; of, designating, or relating to a political system in which elections are contested by three or more major parties.
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bi-party1898
rotativist1907
bipartisan1909
multi-party1909
multipolar1952
multi-partist1954
tripartisan1959
1909 Englishwoman Apr. 325 The suffrage societies, nominally non-party and really multi-party in their composition.
1935 R. Bassett Essent. Parl. Democracy ii. 43 Under the multi-party conditions prevalent in most continental parliamentary regimes, it is almost certain that no single party will be able to secure a working majority.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 204 Dr Raúl Leoni..stated that his party would try to form a multi-party coalition.
1995 Independent 21 Oct. 18/1 Tomorrow Zanzibaris vote in stage one of Tanzania's first multi-party elections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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