Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Division into parties; also, devotion to party.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Devotion to party.
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- noun
Devotion to aparty orfaction .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another characteristic of one-partyism is that the other parties within the system that believe in self-government have concentrated their energies on attempting to move the argument within the dominent party.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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No Western government involved in Africa will openly admit it, but each and every one of them shares wholeheartedly Chirac's view that "Africa is not ready for democracy" and that "multi-partyism" is a "kind of luxury," that is unaffordable by a country like the Ivory Coast or any other African country for that matter.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Why Do Things Always Fall Apart in Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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As long as one-partyism continues to be such an evident characteristic of Welsh politics in Westminster, and as long as Westminster continues to predominate over Cardiff to a degree which is much greater than it does over Edinburgh, for example, the strategy of trying to effect the Labour Party's internal discussions is a completely reasonable one.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Republicanism, neo-conservatism, and tea-partyism do,however, seem to make natural bed fellows, and their love affair with Mr Smith seems to imply, ‘guilt by association’.
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This is one of the consequences of one-partyism, of course.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Conceding to multi-partyism was one thing but allowing genuine political reforms was quite another.
CONTENTS 2008
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As long as one-partyism continues to be such an evident characteristic of Welsh politics in Westminster, and as long as Westminster continues to predominate over Cardiff to a degree which is much greater than it does over Edinburgh, for example, the strategy of trying to effect the Labour Party's internal discussions is a completely reasonable one.
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Another characteristic of one-partyism is that the other parties within the system that believe in self-government have concentrated their energies on attempting to move the argument within the dominent party.
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"Democratisation is not only a concept, nor is it synonymous with multi-partyism," states Professor Ben O. Nwabueze's book in a book titled "Democratisation."
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Conceding to multi-partyism was one thing but allowing genuine political reforms was quite another.
Class, ethnicity and the construction of a fragmented Kenya 2008
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