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parti pris

American  
[par-tee pree] / par ti ˈpri /

noun

French.
  1. a position or attitude resolved upon or taken in advance.


parti pris British  
/ parti pri /

noun

  1. a preconceived opinion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of parti pris

C19: literally: side taken

Example Sentences

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But Ozick, however fierce her identification as a Jew, is admirable in her freedom from identitarian parti pris.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

France Francis Ponge Le parti pris des choses map Beth Archer Brombert Francis Ponge writes poetry about everyday objects such as oranges and cigarettes.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2011

Our chiefs—yours and mine—want you to go where you are going without any kind of parti pris.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

Has he any parti pris, for or against?

From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Dakyns, Henry Graham

But more than this: the hushing of it up may, in a perfectly candid and honest mind, grow into a deliberate religious policy, or parti pris.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

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