arrière-pensée
a mental reservation; hidden motive.
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How to use arrière-pensée in a sentence
There was an arriere pensee here too, born in the minds of northern capitalists.
The Negro in the South | Booker T. WashingtonFor myself, I am glad now that I never saw the city that was; for I can love the city that is with no arriere pensee.
The Californiacs | Inez Haynes IrwinHere we have the "Arriere pensee" clue, that is, the clue in mental reservation; and here we meet the axiom.
A savage will not assist in packing them, for he fears their heels: the Swiss say mules have always an arriere-pensee.
The Art of Travel | Francis GaltonBaroness Dinati was therefore wrong to suspect old Yanski Varhely of any 'arriere-pensee'.
Prince Zilah, Complete | Jules Claretie
British Dictionary definitions for arrière-pensée
/ French (arjɛrpɑ̃se) /
an unrevealed thought or intention
Origin of arrière-pensée
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