parti pris
Americannoun
noun
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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