Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

partisan

 

(n.) a person who strongly and unreasoningly supports one person, party, or cause; (adj.) unreasoningly supportive or a single person, party, etc.; like a partisan

 

It is common in Washington, when one cannot garner support from the opposition party, to complain of partisan politics.

 

Related English word: partisanship

 

Latin root word: pars, partis, f. - part, direction

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