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Partisan purposes
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izulia
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Partisan purposes
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Hello dear friends, A friend of mine asked me the other day how to understand this phrase: �narrow partisan purposes �. It was from a newspaper article about foreign politics in the USA. Unfortunately I don �t have the whole sentence. Can somebody help to explain what exactly does it mean? Is it �for the purposes relevant to one party �? Thank you!
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13 Nov 2013
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douglas
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Basically: yes.
"Partisan" refers to it being bound to a particular political party (in the US that is generally the Democrats or the Republicans) |
13 Nov 2013
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izulia
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To be honest up until now I only knew one meaning �partisan �, which is according to the Webster Dictionary �a member of a military group that fights against soldiers who have taken control of its country �. Can be quite misleading in a different context...lol
Well, that �s one more new word learned by me today. Thank you Douglas for clarification!
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