transpartisan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

trans- +‎ partisan

Adjective[edit]

transpartisan (comparative more transpartisan, superlative most transpartisan)

  1. (politics) Going beyond the partisan; ecumenical, universal.
    • 1989, Hans Daalder, Galen A Irwin, Politics in the Netherlands: How Much Change?:
      As a matter of fact, it was national or transpartisan policy and stood outside daily political controversies.
    • 2008, Marcia Ford, We the Purple: Faith, Politics, and the Independent Voter:
      Through transpartisan dialogue — and simply getting to know each other as human beings — people began to shed their biases and preconceptions.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From trans- +‎ partisan.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

transpartisan (feminine transpartisane, masculine plural transpartisans, feminine plural transpartisanes)

  1. transpartisan