1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. party politics

Find the word definition

What is "party politics"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
party politics
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It was not until 1973 that he gave up party politics for good.
▪ The extreme social and economic difficulties they faced on independence meant that the emergence of recognizably democratic party politics was by no means certain.
▪ The glaring exception relates to party politics.
▪ The view is still quite widespread that local government is about local issues and that party politics should not intrude.
▪ Their loyalty was therefore to some profounder vision of Britain than that expressed in mere party politics.
▪ There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.
▪ This is not a matter of party politics or personalities or policies or even principles.
▪ Was party politics the best way up the ladder of fame?
Wiktionary
party politics

n. Politics that is dominated by rivalry between political party

Wikipedia
Party Politics (horse)

'''Party Politics ''' (1984 - 2009) was a Thoroughbred racehorse most famous for his victory in the 1992 Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, ridden by Carl Llewellyn, trained by Nick Gaselee and owned by Patricia Thompson. He also finished second to Royal Athlete in the 1995 Grand National. Party Politics won the 1992 Grand National five days before the 1992 UK General Election. He was put down in 2009, aged 25 due to old age.

Party Politics

Party Politics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Political Science. The journal's editors are David M. Farrell and Paul Webb. It has been in publication since 1995 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Usage examples of "party politics".

The whole conception of the militarized continental state, with its secret police, its censored literature and its conscript labour, is utterly different from that of the loose maritime democracy, with its slums and unemployment, its strikes and party politics.

It was not just that the vice presidency offered so little chance to say or do anything of consequence, but that at a time when party politics were becoming increasingly potent and pervasive, he would not, could not, be a party man.

Nirgal, while fundamentally uninterested in most of these wrangles, found them yet preferable to the party politics he saw going on in Cairo.

In his fortune he is perfectly independent and at ease, and does not trouble himself with the party politics of our country.

Mara had little to do with party politics, being far too consumed by the need to preserve her house from obliteration.

Mara had little to do with party politics,being far too consumed by the need to preserve her housefrom obliteration.

In his speech, Cozzano covered the usual bases: the corruption of big-party politics, the need for change.

Pierpoint informed a CBS vice president: I dont like hiring people into news who have been involved in party politics.