Parteienstaat

German Etymology From de Partei party Staat state, perhaps in part after de Einparteienstaat one-party system; implying that, while the parties are several, there is still a comparable lack of democracy. Pronunciation de De-Parteienstaat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,s:es,en partocracy a state where several political parties share the political power without properly representing the will of the people; often said of the Federal Republic of Germany Declension m,s:es,en