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two-party system

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The presence or dominance of only two political parties in a government, a political duopoly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 兩黨制 /两党制 (liǎngdǎngzhì) — dominance of two parties
  • Finnish: kaksipuoluejärjestelmä — dominance of two parties
  • French: bipartisme — dominance of two parties
  • Georgian: ორპარტიული სისტემა (orṗarṭiuli sisṭema) — dominance of two parties
  • Georgian: ორპარტიულობა (orṗarṭiuloba) — dominance of two parties
  • German: Zweiparteiensystem — dominance of two parties
  • Greek: δικομματισμός (dikommatismós) — dominance of two parties
  • Hungarian: kétpártrendszer — dominance of two parties
  • Indonesian: sistem dua partai — dominance of two parties
  • Indonesian: sistem bipartai — dominance of two parties
  • Indonesian: sistem dwipartai — dominance of two parties
  • Kazakh: екі партиялық жүйе (ekı partiälyq jüie) — dominance of two parties
  • Malay: sistem dua parti — dominance of two parties
  • Portuguese: sistema bipartidário — dominance of two parties
  • Romanian: sistem bipartit — dominance of two parties
  • Romanian: sistem bipartid — dominance of two parties
  • Swedish: tvåpartisystem — dominance of two parties
  • Turkish: iki partili sistem — dominance of two parties
  • Ukrainian: двопарті́йна систе́ма (dvopartíjna systéma) — dominance of two parties
  • Vietnamese: hệ thống lưỡng đảng — dominance of two parties