bipartisan

See also: bi-partisan

English

Alternative forms

• bi-partisan

Etymology

From bi- +‎ partisan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪˈpɑː(ɹ).tɪ.zæn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈpɑɹ.tə.sən/, /-zən/

Adjective

bipartisan (not comparable)

1. (politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.

   a bipartisan bill

   • 2010 February 11, Derek Thompson, “Bipartisan Jobs Bill Receives Bipartisan Boos”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], retrieved 2023-02-17:

     The derision for this bipartisan bill is—sigh—bipartisan. Hugh Hewitt scoffs at the idea that employers will respond to a $1000 gimmick.

   • 2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 30:

     As a city with over two centuries of rail expertise and home to the country's largest train factory, this announcement received bipartisan support.

Usage notes

Bipartisan is more common in countries where the two-party system prevails, like the United States, Jamaica, and Malta. Cross-party is the usual and preferable description for countries with the multi-party system even if two parties are dominant.

Derived terms

• bipartisanship

Translations

relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties

• Finnish: kaksipuolueinen
• French: bipartisan (fr)
• Galician: bipartidista m or f
• Georgian: ორპარტიული (orṗarṭiuli)
• German: parteiübergreifend (de), überparteilich
• Ido: dupartisana, dupartisala (io)
• Italian: bipartisan (it)
• Portuguese: bipartidário m, bipartidária f
• Russian: двухпарти́йный (ru) (dvuxpartíjnyj)
• Swedish: blocköverskridande (sv)
• Vietnamese: lưỡng đảng

French

Adjective

bipartisan (feminine bipartisane, masculine plural bipartisans, feminine plural bipartisanes)

1. bipartisan

Further reading

• “bipartisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bipartisan.

Adjective

bipartisan (invariable)

1. bipartisan