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Meaning of "two-party" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TWO-PARTY

two-party  [ˌtuːˈpɑːtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWO-PARTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Two-Party is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TWO-PARTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

two-party

Two-party system

A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate politics within a government. One of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referred to as the majority party while the other is the minority party. The term has different senses. For example, in the United States, Jamaica, and Malta, the sense of two party system describes an arrangement in which all or nearly all elected officials only belong to one of the two major parties, and third parties rarely win any seats in the legislature. In such arrangements, two-party systems are thought to result from various factors like winner takes all election rules. In such systems, while chances for third party candidates winning election to major national office are remote, it is possible for groups within the larger parties, or in opposition to one or both of them, to exert influence on the two major parties.

Definition of two-party in the English dictionary

The definition of two-party in the dictionary is involving the domination by two major parties of a political unit.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWO-PARTY


aarti
ˈɑːtɪ
afterparty
ˈɑːftəˌpɑːtɪ
all-party
ˌɔːlˈpɑːtɪ
Almaty
ælˈmɑːtɪ
arty
ˈɑːtɪ
counterparty
ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːtɪ
digerati
ˌdɪdʒəˈrɑːtɪ
flokati
fləˈkɑːtɪ
Frascati
fræˈskɑːtɪ
Gujarati
ˌɡʊdʒjəˈrɑːtɪ
hearty
ˈhɑːtɪ
karate
kəˈrɑːtɪ
Marathi
məˈrɑːtɪ
Masbate
mæsˈbɑːtɪ
party
ˈpɑːtɪ
single-party
ˌsɪŋɡəlˈpɑːtɪ
smarty
ˈsmɑːtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWO-PARTY

two-four
two-four time
two-handed
two-handedly
two-hander
two-horse race
two-legged
two-line
two-name paper
two-pack
two-party system
two-percent milk
two-phase
two-piece
two-pin plug
two-plies
two-ply
two-pot screamer
two-seater
two-sided

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWO-PARTY

bachelor party
beach party
birthday party
block party
bridal party
Christmas party
cocktail party
come to the party
cross-party
Democratic Party
dinner party
garden party
house party
launch party
moving party
pity party
political party
rescue party
slumber party
tea party
third party

Synonyms and antonyms of two-party in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «two-party» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWO-PARTY

Find out the translation of two-party to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of two-party from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «two-party» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

两方
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de dos partidos
570 millions of speakers

English

two-party
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दो दलीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحزبين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двухпартийная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bipartidário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুই পক্ষের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bipartite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua pihak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwei-Parteien-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

二大政党の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이 자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loro-partai
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hai bên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரு கட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोन-पक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İki taraf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bipartitico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwupartyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двопартійна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

două părți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δικομματικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twee party
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvåpartisystem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

to- parti
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of two-party

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWO-PARTY»

The term «two-party» is regularly used and occupies the 70.793 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWO-PARTY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about two-party

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6 QUOTES WITH «TWO-PARTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word two-party.
1
Sir Mix-a-Lot
I follow politics in a big way, and always have since I was a kid. I've got opinions, but they're opinions on both sides - not just anti-Republican, which is a real popular thing for a rap artist to do. If you dis Republicans, nobody will get mad. I think the two-party system sucks. It's absolutely ignorant.
2
Doug Stanhope
I think it's probably much easier to do political comedy from a two-party point of view, in that the majority have some sense of what it means to be one or the other.
3
Ron Suskind
The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.
4
Jon Voight
If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?
5
Lew Wasserman
I think the executives have matured enough so that they recognize that we have a two-party system. In California, we have more than a two-party system.
6
Meg White
I think there's a lot of problems with being a two-party system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWO-PARTY»

Discover the use of two-party in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to two-party and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Tyranny of the Two-Party System
She concludes with an analysis of the 2000 presidential election as an object lesson in the tyranny of the two-party system and with suggestions for reform.
Lisa Jane Disch, 2013
2
Beyond the Two Party System: Political Representation, ...
The book explores the nature of citizenship from a historical perspective, proposing a definition of citizenship for the future.
Ian Marsh, 1995
3
Efficient Secure Two-Party Protocols: Techniques and ...
This book can also be used as a textbook for an advanced course on secure protocols.
Carmit Hazay, Yehuda Lindell, 2010
4
Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party ...
In Grand Illusion, she gives u.
Theresa Amato, 2010
5
Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the ...
This is an in-depth look at why the American people are so fed up with partisanship, and where we, as a nation, go from here.” –Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City “It’s Independents’ Day in America, and Doug Schoen works ...
Douglas Schoen, 2008
6
Does the U.S. Two-Party System Still Work?
Essays debate polarization, diversity, gerrymandering, accountability, and filibustering in the American two-party political system.
Noah Berlatsky, 2010
7
A Republic of Parties?: Debating the Two-party System
Supplemented by a collection of primary documents covering the entire history of the controversy, this book will be indispensable for American government, political parties, elections, and political science courses.
Theodore J. Lowi, Joseph Romance, 1998
8
Confusion: The Making of the Australian Two-Party System
CONFUSION revisits the seminal moment when liberals threw in their lot with the conservatives.
Paul Strangio, Nick Dyrenfurth, Nicholas Dyrenfurth, 2009
9
Two-Party Texas: The John Tower Era, 1961-1984
Traces the struggle from 1961 to 1984 of the Republican Party, led by John Tower, to gain political power in Texas
John R. Knaggs, 1985
10
Politics at the Periphery: Third Parties in Two-party America
Examines the value of third parties as well as the cultural & structural constraints that relegate them to the periphery of American political life.
J. David Gillespie, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWO-PARTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term two-party is used in the context of the following news items.
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US Presidential Candidate Using Bitcoin to Fight 'Two-Party Monopoly'
The Fair Debates initiative is an attempt to free up the electoral process from being monopolized by the two-party system with the help of bitcoin donations, which ... «CoinTelegraph, Jul 15»
2
How Donald Trump's fury road campaign was abetted by the two
Because it's a two-party system -- and because the odds are poor that Bernie Sanders branches out to form a Socialist party that can eat into the Democratic vote ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Shake-up in Spain: Reform parties have broken the old two-party
The May 24 regional and local elections were a total fiasco for one of the pillars of the Spanish party system: the People's Party (PP), which only managed to win ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
Spain's Two-Party System Makeover
Spain woke up on Monday to confirmation that its relatively stable two-party system of the past thirty-five years had been fundamentally transformed. In last year's ... «The National Interest Online, May 15»
5
Spain May Begin Shift Beyond Two-Party Control in Regional Vote
After four years of protests against austerity and corruption, Spanish voters are deciding on Sunday whether they are ready to move beyond the two-party ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
6
Why the United States, and Utah, needs the two-party system
Observing the process across the Atlantic Ocean teaches a lesson for the United States about the value of having a robust two-party system of democratic ... «Deseret News, May 15»
7
In the UK, the Two-Party System Has Become...
Next week, Britain votes in its first general election in five years. Some aspects of its politics will be familiar to Americans. Polls show voters are dissatisfied with ... «National Review Online, May 15»
8
Two-party farce on Loretta Lynch: Petty posturing in the Senate …
And the sound of hollow victory rang across this once-great land, with the word Tuesday that Senate will vote on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch — five ... «New York Daily News, Apr 15»
9
As Europe's Political Landscape Shifts, Two-Party System Fades
LONDON — Sixty years ago, the two main British political parties, the Conservatives and Labour, took 96 percent of the vote in a clearly defined two-party ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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Far-right gains spell end to France's two-party system
For better or for worse, France's historical two-party left vs. right political system is history. “This is a sign of a lasting upheaval in our political landscape and we ... «FRANCE 24, Mar 15»

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