parti pris

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

They are honourable men, as Sachs assured Walther; they have no parti pris of bolts and shutters against the New; on occasion they can be generous.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

The Countess's parti pris, that the experience of the old twins was nothing to make such a fuss over, showed itself plainly in this.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

But that, I admit," I added, "strikes one always as a sort of parti pris with her.

From The Sacred Fount by James, Henry