party politicaladj.n.
/ˌpɑːtɪ pəˈlɪtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpɑrdi pəˈlɪdᵻk(ə)l/ Chiefly British.
A. adj.
Of or relating to party politics; based on party politics.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [adjective]
political1623
party-spirited1742
party political1791
parapolitical1935
1791 Times 19 Jan. 2/1 All party political distinction ceased, and a union of sentiment seemed to prevail in paying respect to the Sovereign.
1850 W. Colton Three Years in Calif. 455 Other insuperable objections to a plan of this kind, of a party political character.
1886 G. Whetenall Echetlus i. 60 Let us consider shortly some of these results, the common phenomena of our party-political life.
1910 Daily Chron. 1 Mar. 6/6 The cartoon nowadays..is merely party-political.
1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 467/1 Such questions are..essentially political, though not necessarily party-political.
2001 Times 11 Dec. i. 6/7 Whenever the public tunes into Parliament they tend to be presented with an institution wallowing in the kind of party political mud wrestling which turns voters off in droves.
B. n.
A party political broadcast.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of
news bulletin1857
news summary1875
police message1886
newsflash1904
headline1908
play-by-play1909
feature1913
spot ad1916
magazine1921
news1923
time signal1923
outside broadcast1924
radiocast1924
amateur hour1925
bulletin1925
serial1926
commentary1927
rebroadcast1927
school broadcast1927
feature programme1928
trailer1928
hour1930
schools broadcast1930
show1930
spot advertisement1930
spot announcement1930
sustaining1931
flash1934
newscast1934
commercial1935
clambake1937
remote1937
repeat1937
snap1937
soap opera1939
sportcast1939
spot commercial1939
daytimer1940
magazine programme1941
season1942
soap1943
soaper1946
parade1947
public service announcement1948
simulcasting1949
breakfast-time television1952
call-in1952
talkathon1952
game show1953
kidvid1955
roundup1958
telenovela1961
opt-out1962
miniseries1963
simulcast1964
soapie1964
party political1966
novela1968
phone-in1968
sudser1968
schools programme1971
talk-in1971
God slot1972
roadshow1973
trail1973
drama-doc1977
informercial1980
infotainment1980
infomercial1981
kideo1983
talk-back1984
indie1988
omnibus1988
teleserye2000
kidult-
1966 New Statesman 4 Mar. 289/1 I am..unable to watch party-politicals at all.
1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 16 The routinely destructive rhetoric..served up daily by the party politicals.
2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 14 Jan. 6 Many broadcasters and viewers..feel that party politicals are dull, often misleading, poor quality and disrupt schedules.
Compounds
party political broadcast n. chiefly British a promotional broadcast on radio or television made by a political party, esp. in advance of an election.
ΚΠ
1947 Times 6 Mar. 7/4 In order to distinguish this series from any other political broadcasting, each broadcast will be designated ‘party political broadcast’ and numbered.
1974 Guardian 23 Jan. 1/1 A plan to shorten ‘News at Ten’ to make way for a party political broadcast.
1997 PS: Polit. Sci. & Politics 30 667/1 Controlled publicity (party political broadcasts and political ‘spots’, media strategies of political parties, political marketing).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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