adjective, noun
adjective (often disapproving) showing too much support for one person, group or idea, especially without considering it carefully:
Most newspapers are politically partisan.
Part of speech: noun
1 a person who strongly supports a particular leader, group or idea
2 a member of an armed group that is fighting secretly against enemy soldiers who have taken control of its country
partisanship noun [U]:
We are seeing a trend towards greater press partisanship.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is partisan a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, partisan is tagged as noun.
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