Definitions

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  • noun A voting system involving more than one political party.

Etymologies

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multiparty +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • I categorically say that we are not planning on having any kind of multipartyism or any type of mixed economy.

    CASTRO INTERVIEW WITH NBC REPORTER SHRIVER 1988

  • I categorically say that we are not planning on having any kind of multipartyism or any type of mixed economy.

    INTERVIEW WITH MARIA SHRIVER 1988

  • "multipartyism" to ensure an accountable government and would oppose one-party rule, Mr Mopeli said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • "multipartyism" to ensure an accountable government and would oppose one-party rule, Mr Mopeli said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • "multipartyism" to ensure an accountable government and would oppose one-party rule, Mr Mopeli said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • 'multipartyism', which only ended up in bringing "into the public domain the seething divisions between sections of the ruling class competing for control of the state."

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010

  • All that pluralism and multipartyism stuff is hogwash.

    Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: "So What!" Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010

  • All that pluralism and multipartyism stuff is hogwash.

    Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: "So What!" Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010

  • "This, in SADC's view, bodes well for nurturing a tolerant multipartyism, as an essential building block for democracy," Kunene said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The SADC Mission also notes with satisfaction the high level of democratic maturity, confidence in Electoral Management Bodies and the honesty of the voters as well as respect for the rule of law governing the holding of elections, This, in SADC's view, bodes well for nurturing a culture that tolerates multipartyism as an essential building block for democracy.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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