Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperpartisan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-par-ti-san
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely partisan; extremely biased in favor of a political party.

adj

Sharply polarized by political parties in fierce disagreement with each other.

noun

An extreme political partisan.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English partisan English hyperpartisan From hyper- + partisan.

Inflected Forms

more hyperpartisan (comparative) most hyperpartisan (superlative) hyperpartisans (plural)

Questions

What does hyperpartisan mean?: Extremely partisan; extremely biased in favor of a political party.
Where does hyperpartisan come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English partisan English hyperpartisan From hyper- + partisan.

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