PARTISANSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does partisanship mean? 

• PARTISANSHIP (noun)
  The noun PARTISANSHIP has 1 sense:

1. an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

  Familiarity information: PARTISANSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTISANSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

partiality; partisanship

Hypernyms ("partisanship" is a kind of...):

disposition; inclination; tendency (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partisanship"):

anthropocentricity; anthropocentrism (an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values)

ethnocentrism (belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group)

Eurocentrism (belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans)

bias; preconception; prejudice (a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation)

tilt (a slight but noticeable partiality)

localism; provincialism; sectionalism (a partiality for some particular place)

unfairness (partiality that is not fair or equitable)

Derivation:

partisan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)

partisan (a fervent and even militant proponent of something)