multipartisan

C2+ Topic:Politics & International Affairs

US /ˌmʌltiˈpɑrtəzən/ UK /ˌmʌltiˈpɑːtɪzən/ See IPA manual

adj

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adj
involving or supported by several political parties

The reform passed with rare multipartisan backing in the legislature.

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Synonyms

1 adj · involving or supported by... multipartycross-partybipartisan

Opposites

nonpartisanone-partyunipartisan

Word family

Related forms partisanbipartisanparty

Etymology

A modern compound of multi- ('many') + partisan; partisan from Italian partigiano ('member of a faction'), from parte ('part'), from Latin pars (genitive partis, 'part').

multus Latin pars Latin

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# multipartisan

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˌmʌltiˈpɑrtəzən
**IPA (UK):** ˌmʌltiˈpɑːtɪzən

## Meanings
1. involving or supported by several political parties

## Examples
- The reform passed with rare multipartisan backing in the legislature.

## Synonyms
- multiparty
- cross-party
- bipartisan

## Antonyms
- nonpartisan
- one-party
- unipartisan

## Related Forms
- partisan
- bipartisan
- party

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: multus
- Root: pars

## Etymology
A modern compound of multi- ('many') + partisan; partisan from Italian partigiano ('member of a faction'), from parte ('part'), from Latin pars (genitive partis, 'part').

## AI Etymology
Multipartisan is a modern compound of multi- ('many') + partisan; partisan from Italian partigiano ('member of a faction'), from parte ('part'), from Latin pars (genitive partis, 'part'). The etymological trail includes Latin multus, Latin pars. The same word family includes partisan, bipartisan, party. Its current adjective use means "involving or supported by several political parties".

## Topics
- Politics & International Affairs
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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