multipartyism

English

Etymology

From multiparty +‎ -ism.

Noun

multipartyism (usually uncountable, plural multipartyisms)

1. A voting system involving more than one political party.

   Synonym: pluripartyism

   Coordinate terms: unipartyism, monopartyism

   • 2001, Mohammed Ali Bakari, The Democratisation Process in Zanzibar: A Retarded Transition, page 184:

     At a time when multipartyism had already been legalised, the people were instructed by the police to unhoist their flag at Shumba Mjini and other places.

Derived terms

• multipartyist / multipartist

Translations

Translations

Catalan: multipartidisme m, pluripartidisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 多黨制 / 多党制 (zh) (duōdǎngzhì) Finnish: monipuoluejärjestelmä French: multipartisme (fr) m, pluripartisme (fr) m Galician: multipartidismo m German: Mehrparteiensystem n Italian: multipartitismo m Spanish: multipartidismo m