Meanings
proper noun
- JapanesegovernmentA Japanese ultraconservative, right-wing populist political party.
Major parties have long relied on large-scale campaign contributions, and the LDP was only recently mired in an illegal fundraising scandal. Sanseito drew its support from smaller, individual donations.
2025 July 24, Ned Temko, “In Japan, too, voters want their country to be ‘great again’”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2025
Origin
- Japanese参政党
- EnglishSanseito
Borrowed from Japanese 参政党 (sansei tō, literally “Political Participation Party”).
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APA
Sanseito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanseito
MLA
“Sanseito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanseito. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sanseito,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanseito.
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