bipartisanadj.
Of, representing, or composed of members of, two (political or other) parties.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [adjective] > common to or supported by two or more parties
bi-party1898
bipartisan1909
tripartisan1959
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [adjective] > specific system
bi-party1898
rotativist1907
bipartisan1909
multi-party1909
multipolar1952
multi-partist1954
tripartisan1959
1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1920 Glasgow Herald 13 Feb. 10 The 14 Republican reservations, as modified by the Bipartisan Conference.
1947 Times 13 Dec. 5/2 That rare thing in American public life a bi-partisan policy.
1959 Ann. Reg. 1958 32 Mr. Gaitskell..showed a determination to cling as long as possible to a bipartisan foreign policy.
Derivatives
bipartisanship n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > partisanship or factionalism > support by two parties
bipartisanship1950
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > system of > consisting of or representing two or more parties
multi-partyism1919
bipartisanship1950
multi-partism1954
tripartism1954
1950 Congressional Dig. Feb. 36 Bipartisanship in the balance.
1952 Oxf. Mag. 27 Nov. 108/1 This House sees no sufficient cause to abandon bipartisanship in British foreign policy.
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adj.1909