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  • adjective opposing partisans or partisanship

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ partisan

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Examples

  • Nor is he an unpredictable "antipartisan" like the Hag.

    RJ Eskow: 'Detroit' Country Song Could Mean Rehab For Republicans 2009

  • I am an antipartisan liberal, so I don't have corresponding names for the Jackasses, either ... but I'm about 95% certain that I'd be appalled by either party's choices.

    Discourse.net: Handicapping the GOP 2008

  • Bloomberg usually terms his political stance 'nonpartisan,' but as one of the most powerful, high-profile and unabashed * opponents* of the two-party system in American politics, he is perhaps more aptly described as antipartisan.

    Miriam Hess: Obama Veepstakes: Michael Bloomberg 2008

  • A word which originated with the most benighted opponents of the French Revolution; a word featured constantly in the antipartisan communiques of the Third Reich; a word which is a commonplace in the handouts of the Red Army in Afghanistan and the South African army in Namibia; a word which was in everyday use during the decline of the British, French, Portuguese, and Belgian empires.

    Hitchens's inconvenient past 2007

  • A word which originated with the most benighted opponents of the French Revolution; a word featured constantly in the antipartisan communiques of the Third Reich; a word which is a commonplace in the handouts of the Red Army in Afghanistan and the South African army in Namibia; a word which was in everyday use during the decline of the British, French, Portuguese, and Belgian empires.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

  • The Count and most of his men were experienced antipartisan hunters with scores of missions under their belts.

    Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004

  • Eventually, German antipartisan operations became so heavy in the region that Walla Walla was forced to terminate the mission.

    Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004

  • The Count and most of his men were experienced antipartisan hunters with scores of missions under their belts.

    Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004

  • The Count and most of his men were experienced antipartisan hunters with scores of missions under their belts.

    Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004

  • Eventually, German antipartisan operations became so heavy in the region that Walla Walla was forced to terminate the mission.

    Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004

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