partisan nature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpartisanandnature
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partisan
adjective
uk/ˌpɑː.tɪˈzæn/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬ə.zən/
strongly supporting a person, principle, or political party, often without considering or judging the matter ...
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nature
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition ofpartisanandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Taken as an academic study, it is thepartisannatureof the contributions that is most problematic.
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Also, scholars have argued that thepartisannatureof the government in power affects the inflation that the country is likely to have.
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The traditional urban critique of state interference, which has shaped movements for municipal reform throughout the twentieth century, emphasizes both the anti-urban andpartisannatureof the state legislature's bias.
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Those who have witnessed the conduct of the force when involved in crowd control have repeatedly remarked on itspartisannatureand political orientation.
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One of the great things about today's debate is that we have had very little of apartisannature.
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It had all-party support; frequently, such initiatives have not been of apartisannature.
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Is that or is that not in terms of an untrue andpartisannature?
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Far too many councils are producing material of a highlypartisannature, published more for political advantage than informing the electorate.
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There has been talk about thepartisannatureof the tone and scale of some local authority publicity.
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I do not believe that it would be ethical or prudent to select an electoral system for the sake of near-term objectives of apartisannature.
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If one is lucky in the ballot, it is often tempting to choose a subject that is bound to hit the headlines or one that is of apartisannature.
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The report confirmed that some councils were producing material of apartisannaturethat was published more for political gain than as a means of informing the electorate.
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His attempt further to obscure the issue with futile references of apartisannaturemerely served to debase his own position and to add to the doubts in our minds.
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Both candidates stated their unhappiness with the increasinglypartisannatureof the race.
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The court is an attempt to eliminate thepartisannatureof parliament and gives the determination of electoral disputes to an independent and dispassionate neutral body.
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