partisanship

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English partisan Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English partisanship From partisan + -ship.

1. An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.

   “In this moment of constant campaigning and tribal partisanship, even the courts have had difficulty puncturing the ideological bubbles that Mr. Trump and Fox News pundits have created.”

   “We focus on how partisanship and race influence sentencing decisions. Partisanship has been shown to shape many political and social decisions (Iyengar et al. 2019) while racial disparities in sentencing are well-documented (United States Sentencing Commission 2023).”