bipartisan

• bi-partisan

From bi- +‎ partisan.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪˈpɑː(ɹ).tɪ.zæn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈpɑɹ.tə.sən/, /-zən/

bipartisan (not comparable)

1. (politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.

   a bipartisan bill

   • 2010 February 11, Derek Thompson, “Bipartisan Jobs Bill Receives Bipartisan Boos”, in The Atlantic‎, retrieved 2023-02-17:

     The derision for this bipartisan bill is—sigh—bipartisan. Hugh Hewitt scoffs at the idea that employers will respond to a $1000 gimmick.

   • 2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 30:

     As a city with over two centuries of rail expertise and home to the country's largest train factory, this announcement received bipartisan support.

Bipartisan is more common in countries where the two-party system prevails, like the United States, Jamaica, and Malta. Cross-party is the usual and preferable description for countries with the multi-party system even if two parties are dominant.

• bipartisanship

bipartisan (feminine bipartisane, masculine plural bipartisans, feminine plural bipartisanes)

1. bipartisan

• “bipartisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English bipartisan.

bipartisan (invariable)

1. bipartisan