Meaning of POLITICAL PARTY

Pronunciation:			pu'litikul 'pârtee
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
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	Synonyms:		party
	See Also:		American Federalist Party, American Labor Party, American Party, Anti-Masonic Party, Black Panthers, Bull Moose Party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Dixiecrats, Farmer-Labor Party, Federal Party, Federalist Party, form of government, Free Soil Party, GOP, Green Party, Greenback Party, Guomindang, Know-Nothing Party, Kuomintang, Labor, Labor Party, Labour, Labour Party, Liberal Party, Liberty Party, Militant Tendency, Nazi Party, opposition, organisation, organization, People's Party, political system, Populist Party, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party, Social Democratic Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, States' Rights Democratic Party, third party, Whig Party
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, breakaway group, Bull Moose Party, camp, caucus, city hall, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, division, ethnic group, faction, Farmer-Labor Party, Federalist Party, Free Soil Party, Greenback Party, interest, interest group, Know-Nothing Party, Labour Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Republican Party, Liberty Party, machine, major party, minor party, minority group, multiple party system, National Republican Party, offshoot, one-party system, opposition party, party, party in power, political machine, Populist Party, pressure group, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party, sect, side, silent majority, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, splinter, splinter group, splinter party, Tammany Hall, third party, Tory Party, two-party system, vocal minority, Whig Party, wing