"two-party system" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: two-party systems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} two-party system (plural two-party systems)
  1. (politics) The presence or dominance of only two political parties in a government, a political duopoly. Wikipedia link: two-party system Categories (topical): Politics Related terms: two-partyism, bipartisan, Duverger's law Translations (dominance of two parties): 兩黨制 (Chinese Mandarin), 两党制 (liǎngdǎngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), kaksipuoluejärjestelmä (Finnish), bipartisme [masculine] (French), ორპარტიული სისტემა (orṗarṭiuli sisṭema) (Georgian), ორპარტიულობა (orṗarṭiuloba) (Georgian), Zweiparteiensystem [neuter] (German), δικομματισμός (dikommatismós) [masculine] (Greek), kétpártrendszer (Hungarian), sistem dua partai (Indonesian), sistem bipartai (Indonesian), sistem dwipartai (Indonesian), sistem dua parti (Malay), sistema bipartidário [masculine] (Portuguese), sistem bipartit [neuter] (Romanian), sistem bipartid [neuter] (Romanian), tvåpartisystem [neuter] (Swedish), iki partili sistem (Turkish), двопарті́йна систе́ма (dvopartíjna systéma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hệ thống lưỡng đảng (Vietnamese)

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