two-party system

noun

The presence or dominance of only two political parties in a government, a political duopoly.

Meanings

nountwo-party system (plural two-party systems)

plural two-party systems

  1. governmentThe presence or dominance of only two political parties in a government, a political duopoly.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 兩黨制 /两党制
  • 兩黨制 /两党制 (liǎngdǎngzhì)dominance of two parties
Finnish kaksipuoluejärjestelmä
  • kaksipuoluejärjestelmädominance of two parties
French bipartisme
  • bipartismedominance of two parties
German Zweiparteiensystem
  • Zweiparteiensystemdominance of two parties
Greek δικομματισμός
  • δικομματισμός (dikommatismós)dominance of two parties
Hungarian kétpártrendszer
  • kétpártrendszerdominance of two parties
Indonesian sistem dua partai, sistem bipartai
  • sistem dua partaidominance of two parties
  • sistem bipartaidominance of two parties
  • sistem dwipartaidominance of two parties
Malay sistem dua parti
  • sistem dua partidominance of two parties
Portuguese sistema bipartidário
  • sistema bipartidáriodominance of two parties
Romanian sistem bipartit, sistem bipartid
  • sistem bipartitdominance of two parties
  • sistem bipartiddominance of two parties
Swedish tvåpartisystem
  • tvåpartisystemdominance of two parties
Turkish iki partili sistem
  • iki partili sistemdominance of two parties
Ukrainian двопарті́йна систе́ма
  • двопарті́йна систе́ма (dvopartíjna systéma)dominance of two parties
Vietnamese hệ thống lưỡng đảng
  • hệ thống lưỡng đảngdominance of two parties
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