Meaning & use
intraparty
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a nounformal
Happening or existing within a single political party.
Grammar: Used before a noun: intraparty debate, intraparty rivalry. It is not used after a verb.
Patterns
- intraparty debate
- intraparty rivalry
- intraparty democracy
The election results revealed deep intraparty divisions.
Intraparty fighting weakened the president's position.
They held an intraparty vote to choose the new leader.
Common combinations
- intraparty debate
- The intraparty debate over taxes lasted for months.
- intraparty rivalry
- Intraparty rivalry can be as fierce as competition between parties.
- intraparty democracy
- Members called for greater intraparty democracy in selecting candidates.
- intraparty conflict
- The leader tried to avoid intraparty conflict before the convention.
Synonyms and how they differ
- internal
- Internal is a general word for anything inside a group; intraparty is more specific to political parties.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: intraparty or interparty?
intraparty vs interparty
Interparty means between different parties, while intraparty means within one party. The prefix intra- means 'inside', inter- means 'between'.
Practice
The two senators from the same party are arguing about who should lead them. What kind of conflict is this?
Choose one answer.
Intraparty conflict occurs within a single party, which matches the situation. Interparty would be between different parties, bipartisan involves cooperation between parties, and international refers to countries.
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