single-issue

adjective

Concerned with one essential policy area or idea.

“single-issue party”

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Meanings

adjectivesingle-issue (comparative more single-issue, superlative most single-issue)

comparative more single-issue · superlative most single-issue

  1. governmentConcerned with one essential policy area or idea.

    single-issue party

    1 more example

    The concern about ungovernability in the United States often takes the form of complaints about “single-issue” politics and the limited influence and discipline of American political parties.

    1982, Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 8
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APA

single-issue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-issue

MLA

“single-issue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-issue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “single-issue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-issue.

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