partisan

«partisan» in Mova's school dictionary: Strongly supporting one political party or side, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective; noun (a partisan, partisans)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Strongly supporting one political party or side, often without being fair to the other side. tree →

2) (noun) A strong supporter of a party, person or idea. tree →

3) (noun, history) A fighter in a secret army who fights against soldiers who have taken over their country, especially in the Second World War. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship, news and media lessons: partisan news shows only one side, so pupils learn to check several sources. «Non-partisan» or «bipartisan» means not taking sides or supported by both sides. In history lessons, partisans in Europe fought the Nazi occupiers from forests and mountains.

examples

• The newspaper's report was very partisan. tree →
• A good referee is not partisan. tree →
• The partisans hid in the forest and blew up railway lines. tree →
• Bipartisan laws are supported by both main parties. tree →
• The crowd was partisan and cheered only for the home team. tree →
• The judge must be non-partisan. tree →

note

Adjective and countable noun. Pronounced «PAR-ti-zan» or «par-ti-ZAN». Related: partisanship (taking sides). Opposites: impartial, neutral, non-partisan. «Partisan» comes from «party».

In the corpora

• Partisan means strongly supporting one side; bias means leaning towards one side instead of being fair.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «partisan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.