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Pronunciation
- a UK /ˈbaɪˌpɑː(ɹ)t.ɪ.zæn.ʃɪp/|/ˈbaɪˌpɑː(ɹ)t.ɪ.zən.ʃɪp/; /"baI%pA:(r)t.I.z
Extensive Definition
In a two-party
system (such as in the United
States), bipartisan refers to any bill,
act, resolution,
or any other action of a political body in which both
of the major political
parties are in agreement. Often, compromises are called
bipartisan if they reconcile the desires of both
parties from an original version of legislation or other
proposal. Failure to attain
bipartisan support in such a system can easily lead to gridlock,
often angering each other
and their constituencies.
Bipartisanship can also be
between two opposite groups (e.g. liberal and conservative) to
agree and determine a plan of action on an urgent matter that is of
great importance to their voters.
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration,
coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness,
collectivism,
collusion, commensalism, common
effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism,
community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, cooperation, cooperativeness,
duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow
feeling, fellowship,
harmony, joining of
forces, joint effort, joint operation, mass action, morale, mutual assistance,
mutualism, mutuality, octet, pooling, pooling of resources,
pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, septet, sextet, solidarity, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team spirit, teamwork, trio, triumvirate, troika, united
action