Unipartyism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A political system that has only one political party.

    "Unipartyism, it has been argued, is at once stabilizing and integrative; it reflects the legacy of government by consensus characteristic of most traditional political systems and prevents the dissipation of energy in desultory political strife."

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"Unipartyism, it has been argued, is at once stabilizing and integrative; it reflects the legacy of government by consensus characteristic of most traditional political systems and prevents the dissipation of energy in desultory political strife."

Etymology

From uni- + party + -ism.

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