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Definition of partisan adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

partisan

adjective

NAmE//ˈpɑrt̮əzn//

, NAmE//ˈpɑrt̮əsn//

(often disapproving)

showing too much support for one person, group, or idea, especially without considering it carefully synonym one-sided Most newspapers are politically partisan.

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