1
as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
partisanship can discourage any serious search for the truth
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as in sectarianism
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
there's a pervasive partisanship in the company that prevents it from acknowledging that other companies are outpacing it with innovative ideas
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Recent Examples of partisanship
Five years after the COVID pandemic began, its legacy is as much political as epidemiological, according to a comprehensive new Axios-Ipsos poll, with Americans' views of what happened cleaved by partisanship and media preferences.
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Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Yet Democrats warn that Patel will be the very type of figure who brings partisanship to the FBI.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Brazil’s political environment before the 1964 military coup was eerily similar to the United States’ now, featuring a high degree of political polarization, intense partisanship, and leaders promising quick fixes for seemingly intractable structural problems.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
Latino politicians, ironically, have matured to the point of being like other politicians: more focused on power and partisanship than on solving the problems of a community that has been clear about its priorities for decades.
—Mike Madrid, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Mobilizing talent means attracting and retaining talent at all ages by eliminating age bias and stereotyping across all human resource functions.—
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Media bias is very real—and so is congressional incompetence.—
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In his ruling, the judge criticized the DOJ’s request to dismiss the case without prejudice, which would have allowed for future prosecution, CNBC reports.—
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Judge Dale Ho dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be revived.—
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In fact, the handbag was invented, experimented with and refined before women received pocket partiality.—
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So, Hunt’s partiality for turtlenecks has now become the official look for player headshots over the past two decades.—
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“Partisanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partisanship. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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