partisan

Intermediatezipf 3.81

Pronunciation

/ˌpɑːrtɪˈzæn/(par-tih-ZAN)

Part of speech

noun / adjectiveneutral

Chinese

(n) 党派支持者；游击队员 (adj) 党派的；偏袒的

Definition

A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person; showing biased allegiance; also, a guerrilla fighter.

Word family

  • partisanship/ˌpɑːrtɪˈzænʃɪp/(n)党派偏见

Collocations

  • partisan politics
  • partisan divide
  • partisan lines
  • non-partisan
  • partisan bias

Examples

  1. 1.The vote split along strictly partisan lines — every Democrat voted yes, every Republican voted no. (politically biased)
  2. 2.Italian partisans fought behind enemy lines during World War II, sabotaging German supply routes. (guerrilla fighters)

Synonyms

  • biased/ˈbaɪəst/— showing prejudice — more general
  • factional/ˈfækʃənl/— relating to internal divisions
  • one-sided/wʌn ˈsaɪdɪd/— considering only one viewpoint

Etymology

from Italian "partigiano" (member of a party) — "parte" (part, side) from Latin "pars" (part)