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

It is evident that this spiritual reticence, if we may so term it, is not a parti pris; for no fixed principle, save perhaps the one hinted at above, is apparent in the book.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various

I had never encountered such a violent parti pris of seclusion; it was more than keeping quiet—it was like hunted creatures feigning death.

From The Aspern Papers by James, Henry

But they decided to treat the question as one treats a scientific matter—with perseverance, with courage, and without parti pris of any kind.

From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred