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
Talking to the workers themselves, before the sittings have yet begun, has a certain air of parti pris.
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
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 William Frend De Morgan
But that, I admit," I added, "strikes one always as a sort of parti pris with her.
From The Sacred Fount by Henry James
