political party
English Thesaurus
1. an organization to gain political power (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | american labor party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | american party, know-nothing party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | anti-masonic party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; founded in 1825 in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | black panthers, |
| definition | : | a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | communist party, |
| definition | : | a political party that actively advocates a communist form of government; in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the state (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | conservative party, |
| definition | : | a political party (especially in Great Britain or Australia) that believes in the importance of a capitalist economy with private ownership rather than state control (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | constitutional union party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; formed in 1859 by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | democratic party, |
| definition | : | the older of two major political parties in the United States (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | democratic-republican party, |
| definition | : | a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | farmer-labor party, |
| definition | : | a former minor political party in the United States in the early 20th century (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | free soil party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848 (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | gironde, |
| definition | : | the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | green party, |
| definition | : | an environmentalist political party (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | greenback party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; organized in 1874; opposed any reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | guomindang, kuomintang, |
| definition | : | the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | labor party, labour party, |
| definition | : | a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | liberal democrat party, |
| definition | : | a political party in Great Britain; formerly the Liberal Party; advocates reforms and improvement of the conditions of working people (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | liberal party, |
| definition | : | a political party in Australia, Canada, and other nations, and formerly in Great Britain (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | liberty party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; formed in 1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848 (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | militant tendency, |
| definition | : | a Trotskyist political organization in Great Britain set up in 1964 inside the Labour Party (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | people's party, populist party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; formed in 1891 to advocate currency expansion and state control of railroads (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | bull moose party, progressive party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | prohibition party, |
| definition | : | a political party in the United States; formed in 1869 to oppose the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | gop, republican party, |
| definition | : | the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | social democratic party, |
| definition | : | a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | socialist labor party, |
| definition | : | a political party in the United States; formed in 1874 to advocate the peaceful introduction of socialism (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | socialist party, |
| definition | : | a political party in the United States formed in 1900 to advocate socialism (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dixiecrats, states' rights democratic party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | war party, |
| definition | : | a political party that supports a war (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | whig party, |
| definition | : | a former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | third party, |
| definition | : | a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | opposition, |
| definition | : | the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected (noun.group) |
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