uniparty
/ˈjuːnɪˌpɑɹti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having only one political party, especially where opposition parties are outlawed; one-party, monoparty.
noun
A group of parties that operate as though they were a single party, having more or less identical ideologies.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "The approaches discussed are ( in shorthand ) the charismatic legitimation theory, the elite-mass gap theory, and the uniparty theory."
- "The command economy, well as other factors, fosters non-participatory political systems, and gives rise to uniparty situations."
- "Fourth, in order to consolidate uniparty systems, African party leaders have put forward a theoretical defense, a rationale, for the new type of polity."
- "This was primarily because of the uniparty dominance of the Congress party."
- "If a party has already decided that they would like to primarily engage at the agent level, particularly if they would like to change themselves as the target system, then they should consider uniparty processes."
- "Trump will never be part of the uniparty because he may be the first American politician to successfully run against it as a foil."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjuːnɪˌpɑɹti/