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Relating to political parties and their supporters

apolitical

adjective

not connected with a particular political party

bipartisan

adjective

involving two political parties with different ideas or policies

coalition

noun

the process by which different political parties or groups agree to work together

dissident

noun

someone who disagrees publicly with the policy of an organization they belong to, especially a political party

the faithful

adjective

the people who support a particular political party, sports team, musician, etc.

front

noun

a political organization that fights for or against something

independent

adjective

not belonging to any political party

liberal

adjective

believing in social or political change if most people want it

ministerial

adjective

relating to the job of being a government minister

nationalist

adjective

believing that your nation’s interests should be considered to be more important than those of other nations

nationalistic

adjective

extremely proud of your own nation and believing that it is better than other nations

nonpartisan

adjective

not supporting any political party

opposition

noun

the political parties in a country that are not part of the government

out

adverb, preposition

used for saying that a political party or leader no longer controls the government of a country

party

noun

an organized group of people who have similar ideas about the way in which a country should be governed, and who work together to try to persuade people to vote for them in elections

party

noun

belonging to or connected with a political party

party politics

noun

political activity involving different parties that compete with each other

party politics

noun

political activity for the benefit of a particular party instead of for all the people in a country

power base

noun

the place or group from which a politician or party gets the most support

progressive

adjective

supporting social and political change that aims to make a system fairer

reformist

adjective

wanting to change and improve society or an institution

the right

noun

the political party or the group of people within a society who are conservative in their political views

stalking horse

noun

someone who pretends to want a public office to make it easier for someone else in the same political party to win the office later

Whig

noun

a member of a British political party that existed from the late 17th century to the 19th century and that wanted to make important changes to the way that Britain was ruled

wing

noun

a part of an organization or political party that has its own responsibilities and opinions that are separate from the rest of the group

worker

noun

someone who works for a particular organization, especially a political party

big-tent

adjective

unilaterally

adverb

in opposition

a political party that is in opposition is not part of the government of a country

with a small “c,” etc.

used for saying that you are talking about someone’s general principles and not saying that they belong to a specific political party, religious organization, etc.

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