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
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
But it is certain that he did not write with their settled parti pris of making history a vehicle of controversy.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
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