partisan.

1. Strongly supporting a particular party, side or cause, especially in a way that shapes judgment.

2. A supporter of a particular side, party or cause.

3. A member of an irregular armed group, especially one resisting occupation or an opposing force.

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Words that belong together

• partisan support
• partisan interpretation

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The partisan interpretation emphasized facts favorable to one side.

Partisan support did not establish whether the specific factual claim was correct.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Relational or evaluative adjective; degree comparison is appropriate only where the relevant characteristic is genuinely gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: responsibility analysis, evidence qualification, ethical distinction, institutional judgment. Disciplines: academic writing, ethics, legal-administrative reasoning. Commonness: moderately common.