noun
- a political party’s or coalition’s policy or doctrine of allowing and encouraging a wide range of beliefs, opinions, and views among its members.
noun
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- a political approach in which a party claims to be open to a wide spectrum of constituents and groups
- (as modifier)big-tent politics
in reference to welcoming all sorts and not being ideologically narrow, American English, 1982 with reference to religion, by 1987 with reference to politics.