partisanship n : an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives [syn: partiality] [ant: impartiality]

English

Noun

1. An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality

Partisan may refer to:

Political matters

In politics, partisan literally means organized into political parties. The expression "Partisan politics" usually refers to fervent, sometimes militant support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. Although this is typically an appellation with negative connotations, some supporters embrace the term, as can be seen by the names of the following publications:

• Partizan Press, a UK publishing company.
• Partisan Review, a US political and literary quarterly.
• Southern Partisan, a US political magazine.

Paramilitary forces

• Partisan (military) - As a name for irregular forces or detached light troops, engaged behind the front line
• Yugoslav Partisans - main Yugoslav World War II resistance movement.
• Bulgarian partisans - a Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II.
• Albanian Partisans, the Partisans of Albania during World War II
• Soviet partisans, for the USSR in World War II
• Jewish partisans, among the Jewish resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Europe
• Italian partisans in World War II
• Polish partisans (Leśni) during World War II
• Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian partisans after World War 2 against the Soviet Union
• Armenian partisans, referring to Armenian guerrillas from World War I
• Germany's World War II Werwolf movement
• Germany's World War II Alpine National Redoubt

Music

• Chant des Partisans, a song about the French resistance
• The Partisan, a song about the French resistance written by Anna Marly and Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie
• The Partisans, a Welsh punk band from Bridgend
• The Partisan But He's Got To know, a song by the Canadian trio Swan Lake
• Shqiponjat Partizane, a revolutionary Albanian song of World War II
• Partisan from the Amur River, a song about partisans from far east of USSR. Translated to more than 10 languages!

Sports

• Partizan - Serbian football club
• Partizan - Serbian basketball club
• Partizani Tirana - Albanian football club

Other uses

• partisan (weapon), a pole weapon.
• Partisans (novel), a novel by Alistair MacLean about the Yugoslav partisans
• Partisan game, in combinatorial game theory