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Partisanship   /pˈɑrtəzənʃˌɪp/   Listen
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Partisanship  n.  The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct characteristic of a partisan.






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"Partisanship" Quotes from Famous Books



... to cry, and the housemaid said it was 'a shame!' for which partisanship she received a month's warning ...
— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... the principle that its contributors should be paid, and paid well, whether they liked it or not, thus establishing at once an inducement to do well and a check on personal eccentricity and irresponsibility; while whatever partisanship there might be in its pages, there was at any ...
— Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 • George Saintsbury

... political partisanship has been faithfully maintained by the successors of Queen Victoria, and great as the royal influence may be in the social life of the wealthier classes, it is certain that no such influence operates in the casting of votes by the people at Parliamentary ...
— The Rise of the Democracy • Joseph Clayton

... the interest of any special theory, nor in the spirit of partisanship; but with an earnest desire to make the truth appear. The reader must not accept anything simply because we say it, but because he sees it to be true. Now, as to this matter of insanity, let him think calmly. The word is one ...
— Grappling with the Monster • T. S. Arthur

... peculiar character, its prosperity—in brief, every thing that distinguishes it as an individual nation,—to the few men belonging to it who have the courage to step beyond the boundaries prescribed by partisanship, professional tradition, or social customs. In professional no less than in political life there occasionally arise men who burst the fetters of conventionalism, indignantly rejecting the arbitrary limits ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce


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