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Word of the day: Nonpartisan
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In an age where AI and Donald Trump have left many doubting the truth, US dictionary Merriam-Webster has revealed 2023’s most looked-up word. Photo: Pexels
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Today’s word of the day is:
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan: adjective-not supporting or controlled by a political party, special interest group, or the like.
Pronunciation: non-pahr-tuh-zuhn
Nonpartisan is formed from the negative prefix non- and the adjective partisan, which comes from Latin pars, meaning “piece, portion, faction.” Pars is also the source of parcel and particle (both literally “little piece”), and compartment (“shared with”). For the origin of the -isan element, check out the Word of the Day bipartisan. Nonpartisan was first recorded in English in the early 1880s.
Example: Members of all parties banded together to release an independent, nonpartisan statement about the future of the economy.
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