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political party

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power through representation in government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an organization to gain political power

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: party

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organization, organisation

Narrower terms: American Labor Party, American Party, Know-Nothing Party, Anti-Masonic Party, Black Panthers, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Farmer-Labor Party, Federalist Party, American Federalist Party, Federal Party, Free Soil Party, Gironde, Green Party, Greenback Party, Kuomintang, Guomindang, labor party, labour party, Liberal Democrat Party, Liberal Party, Liberty Party, Militant Tendency, National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nazi Party, People's Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party, Bull Moose Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party, GOP, Social Democratic Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, States' Rights Democratic Party, Dixiecrats, war party, Whig Party, third party, Opposition

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

232 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: party — political organization
  • Afrikaans: politieke party — political organization
  • Albanian: parti — political organization
  • Albanian: partitë politike — political organization
  • Amharic: ፓርቲ (parti) — political organization
  • Arabic: حِزْب (ḥizb) — political organization
  • Arabic: حِزْب سِيَاسِيّ (ḥizb siyāsiyy) — political organization
  • Aragonese: partiu politico — political organization
  • Armenian: կուսակցություն (kusakcʻutʻyun) — political organization
  • Armenian: պարտիա (partia) — political organization
  • Assamese: পাৰ্টি (parti) — political organization
  • Asturian: partíu — political organization
  • Asturian: partíu políticu — political organization
  • Azerbaijani: partiya — political organization
  • Azerbaijani: firqə — political organization
  • Azerbaijani: hizb — political organization
  • Azerbaijani: siyasi partiya — political organization
  • Bashkir: фирҡә (firqə) — political organization
  • Bashkir: сәйәси фирҡә (səyəsi firqə) — political organization
  • Basque: alderdi politiko — political organization
  • Belarusian: па́ртыя (pártyja) — political organization
  • Belarusian: палітычная партыя (palityčnaja partyja) — political organization
  • Bengali: দল (dol) — political organization
  • Bengali: পার্টি (parṭi) — political organization
  • Bengali: রাজনৈতিক দল (rajnōitik dol) — political organization
  • Biatah Bidayuh: patii — political organization
  • Breton: strollad politikel — political organization
  • Bulgarian: па́ртия (pártija) — political organization
  • Bulgarian: политическа партия (političeska partija) — political organization
  • Burmese: ပါတီ (pati) — political organization
  • Burmese: နိုင်ငံရေးပါတီ (nuingngam-re:pati) — political organization
  • Buryat: нам (nam) — political organization
  • Catalan: partit — political organization
  • Catalan: partit polític — political organization
  • Chechen: парти (parti) — political organization
  • Chechen: политикин парти (politikin parti) — political organization
  • Chinese Cantonese: 政黨 /政党 — political organization
  • Chinese: дон (don) — political organization
  • Chinese: җындон (žɨndon) — political organization
  • Hakka Chinese: 政黨 /政党 (chṳn-tóng) — political organization
  • Chinese: 政黨 /政党 (zh-min-nan) — political organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政黨 /政党 (zhèngdǎng) — political organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: -黨 /-党 (-dǎng) — political organization
  • Wu Chinese: 政黨 /政党 (5tsen-taon) — political organization
  • Crimean Tatar: fırqa — political organization
  • Crimean Tatar: siyasiy fırqa — political organization
  • Czech: strana — political organization
  • Czech: politická strana — political organization
  • Danish: parti — political organization
  • Danish: politisk parti — political organization
  • Dutch: partij — political organization
  • Dutch: politieke partij — political organization
  • Esperanto: partio — political organization
  • Esperanto: politiko partio — political organization
  • Estonian: erakond — political organization
  • Estonian: partei — political organization
  • Faroese: flokkur — political organization
  • Finnish: poliittinen puolue — political organization
  • Finnish: puolue — political organization
  • French: parti — political organization
  • French: parti politique — political organization
  • West-Frisian: partij — political organization
  • Galician: partido político — political organization
  • Georgian: პარტია (ṗarṭia) — political organization
  • Georgian: პოლიტიკური პარტია (ṗoliṭiḳuri ṗarṭia) — political organization
  • German: Partei — political organization
  • German: politische Partei — political organization
  • Greek: κόμμα (kómma) — political organization
  • Greek: πολιτικό κόμμα (politikó kómma) — political organization
  • Gujarati: પાર્ટી (pārṭī) — political organization
  • Haitian Creole: pati — political organization
  • Haitian Creole: pati politik — political organization
  • Hausa: jam'iyya — political organization
  • Hebrew: מִפְלָגָה (miflagá) — political organization
  • Hindi: दल (dal) — political organization
  • Hindi: पार्टी (pārṭī) — political organization
  • Hindi: पक्ष (pakṣ) — political organization
  • Hindi: राजनीतिक दल (rājnītik dal) — political organization
  • Hindi: हिज़्ब (hizb) — political organization
  • Hungarian: párt — political organization
  • Icelandic: stjórnmálaflokkur — political organization
  • Ido: partiso — political organization
  • Ilocano: partido politiko — political organization
  • Indonesian: partai — political organization
  • Indonesian: partai politik — political organization
  • Ingrian: partia — political organization
  • Irish: páirtí — political organization
  • Irish: páirtí polaitíochta — political organization
  • Italian: partito — political organization
  • Italian: partito politico — political organization
  • Japanese: 政党 (seitō) — political organization
  • Japanese: -党 (-tō) — political organization
  • Kannada: ಪಕ್ಷ (pakṣa) — political organization
  • Kannada: ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಪಕ್ಷ (rājakīya pakṣa) — political organization
  • Karachay-Balkar: политика партия (politika partiya) — political organization
  • Kazakh: партия (partiä) — political organization
  • Kazakh: саяси партия (saäsi partiä) — political organization
  • Khmer: គណបក្ស (kĕəʼnaʼpak) — political organization
  • Korean: 정당 (jeongdang) — political organization
  • Korean: -당 (-dang) — political organization
  • Central Kurdish: پارتی (partî) — political organization
  • Central Kurdish: پارتە (parte) — political organization
  • Central Kurdish: پارتە سیاسییەکانی (parte syasîyekanî) — political organization
  • Central Kurdish: حیزب (ḧîzb) — political organization
  • Northern Kurdish: partî — political organization
  • Northern Kurdish: hizb — political organization
  • Kyrgyz: партия (partiya) — political organization
  • Kyrgyz: саясий партия (sayasiy partiya) — political organization
  • Lao: ກ້ໍາ (kam) — political organization
  • Lao: ພວກ (phūak) — political organization
  • Lao: ພັກ (phak) — political organization
  • Lao: ພັກການເມືອງ (phak kān mư̄ang) — political organization
  • Latin: secta — political organization
  • Latvian: partija — political organization
  • Latvian: politiska partija — political organization
  • Latvian: politiskā partija — political organization
  • Ligurian: partîo — political organization
  • Lithuanian: partija — political organization
  • Lithuanian: politinė partija — political organization
  • Luxembourgish: politesch Partei — political organization
  • Macedonian: страна (strana) — political organization
  • Macedonian: партија (partija) — political organization
  • Macedonian: политичка партија (politička partija) — political organization
  • Malagasy: antoko pôlitika — political organization
  • Malay: parti — political organization
  • Malay: parti politik — political organization
  • Malayalam: പാർട്ടി (pāṟṭṭi) — political organization
  • Malayalam: രാഷ്ട്രീയ പാർട്ടി (rāṣṭrīya pāṟṭṭi) — political organization
  • Māori: rōpū tōrangapū — political organization
  • Māori: pāti — political organization
  • Marathi: पक्ष (pakṣa) — political organization
  • Marathi: राजकीय पक्ष (rājkīy pakṣa) — political organization
  • Marathi: पार्टी (pārṭī) — political organization
  • Mongolian: нам (nam) — political organization
  • Mongolian: улс төрийн нам (uls töriin nam) — political organization
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠮ (nam) — political organization
  • Moore: pagti — political organization
  • Nepali: पार्टी (pārṭī) — political organization
  • Nepali: दल (dal) — political organization
  • Nepali: राजनीतिक दल (rājanītik dal) — political organization
  • Norman: parti — political organization
  • Norwegian: politisk parti — political organization
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parti — political organization
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: parti — political organization
  • Occitan: partit — political organization
  • Odia: ପାର୍ଟୀ (pārṭi) — political organization
  • Pashto: حزب (hezb) — political organization
  • Pashto: ګوند (gwand) — political organization
  • Dari: حِزْب (hizb) — political organization
  • Iranian Persian: حِزْب (hezb) — political organization
  • Iranian Persian: حِزْبِ سِیاسی (hezb-e siyâsi) — political organization
  • Polish: partia — political organization
  • Polish: partia polityczna — political organization
  • Polish: stronnictwo — political organization
  • Portuguese: partido — political organization
  • Portuguese: partido político — political organization
  • Punjabi: ਪਾਰਟੀ (pārṭī) — political organization
  • Punjabi: ਸਿਆਸੀ ਦਲ (siāsī dal) — political organization
  • Punjabi: سیاسی جماعت (seyāsī jmā‘t) — political organization
  • Quechua: rakisa — political organization
  • Romanian: partid — political organization
  • Romanian: partid politic — political organization
  • Russian: па́ртия (pártija) — political organization
  • Russian: полити́ческая па́ртия (politíčeskaja pártija) — political organization
  • Russian: политформирование (politformirovanije) — political organization
  • Inari-Sami: piäládâh — political organization
  • Lule-Sami: belludahka — political organization
  • Northern Sami: bellodat — political organization
  • Skolt-Sami: peällõk — political organization
  • Southern Sami: krirrie — political organization
  • Sanskrit: पक्ष (pakṣa) — political organization
  • Scottish Gaelic: pàirtidh — political organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: стра̏нка — political organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀ртија — political organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: strȁnka — political organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàrtija — political organization
  • Shan: ပႃႇတီႇ (pàa tìi) — political organization
  • Sicilian: partitu pulìticu — political organization
  • Sinhalese: පක්ෂය (pakṣaya) — political organization
  • Sinhalese: පාටිය (pāṭiya) — political organization
  • Slovak: strana — political organization
  • Slovak: politická strana — political organization
  • Slovene: stranka — political organization
  • Slovene: politična stranka — political organization
  • Somali: xisbi — political organization
  • Spanish: partido — political organization
  • Spanish: partido político — political organization
  • Swahili: chama — political organization
  • Swahili: chama cha kisiasa — political organization
  • Swedish: politiskt parti — political organization
  • Swedish: parti — political organization
  • Tagalog: lapian — political organization
  • Tagalog: partido — political organization
  • Tagalog: partidong pampolitika — political organization
  • Tajik: партия (partiya) — political organization
  • Tajik: ҳизб (hizb) — political organization
  • Tajik: хизби сиёсӣ (xizb-i siyosi) — political organization
  • Tamil: கட்சி (kaṭci) — political organization
  • Tamil: அரசியல் கட்சி (araciyal kaṭci) — political organization
  • Tatar: фирка (firqa) — political organization
  • Tatar: партия (partiyä) — political organization
  • Telugu: పార్టీ (pārṭī) — political organization
  • Telugu: రాజకీయ పార్టీ (rājakīya pārṭī) — political organization
  • Thai: พรรคการเมือง (pák-gaan-mʉʉang) — political organization
  • Thai: พรรค (pák) — political organization
  • Thai: คณะ (ká-ná) — political organization
  • Tibetan: ཚོགས་པ (tshogs pa) — political organization
  • Tigrinya: ፓርቲ (parti) — political organization
  • Turkish: parti — political organization
  • Turkish: siyasi parti — political organization
  • Turkmen: partiýa — political organization
  • Tuvan: партия (partiya) — political organization
  • Ukrainian: па́ртія (pártija) — political organization
  • Ukrainian: політична партія (polityčna partija) — political organization
  • Urdu: جَماعَت (jamā'at) — political organization
  • Urdu: پارْٹی (pārṭī) — political organization
  • Urdu: حِزْب (hizb) — political organization
  • Urdu: دَل (dal) — political organization
  • Urdu: سِیاسی جَماعَت (siyāsī jamā'at) — political organization
  • Uyghur: پارتىيە (partiye) — political organization
  • Uyghur: ھىزب (hizb) — political organization
  • Uzbek: partiya — political organization
  • Uzbek: hizb — political organization
  • Vietnamese: chánh đảng — political organization
  • Vietnamese: đảng — political organization
  • Welsh: plaid wleidyddol — political organization
  • Yakut: баартыйа (baartïya) — political organization
  • Yakut: партия (partiya) — political organization
  • Yakut: бэлиитикэ баартыйата (beliitike baartïyata) — political organization
  • Yiddish: פּאַרטיי (partey) — political organization
  • Zhuang: dangj — political organization
  • Zhuang: cwngdangj — political organization