What is "bipartisanship"

also bi-partisanship, 1895, from bipartisan + -ship.

n. In the context of a two-party system, especially in the United States, cooperation between the competing political party; governing in a bipartisan manner.

Bipartisanship is a political situation, especially in the context of a two-party system, as is the case for countries such as the United States, in which opposing political parties find common ground through compromise, in theory. This is in contrast to partisanship, where an individual or political party only adheres to their interests without compromise. It has been debated among political theorists however that in practice, each party advances their own political agenda at the expense of the other party because of the conflicting ideologies.